| Author | Message | ||
     Chasespeed |
Just wondering if anyone has done the wave rotors, and if they helped with the stopping power... I am not really feeling the expensive dual disc setup... Oh, and I have pics of my X1, but am not computer savy enough to figure out how to resize.... Chase | ||
| Burnmyheartdown |
Wave rotors are better for heat dissipation and unsprung mass. I don't know how they help stopping power, but from my point of view at any given time you have less brake rotor in contact with the brake pad than stock, so therefore less actual stopping power? That's how I see it, but that's nothing really scientific, just my logic applied. | ||
| Koz5150 |
What would happen if a person were to cut a pattern into a stock rotor? Would this cause some type of part falure? | ||
| Chasespeed |
Koz, you never really wanna do anything like that to a stock rotor, you could cause stress crack during a heat cycle, by drilling or cutting into the wrong spot. We use cross-drilled and ventilated rotors in the race cars, but no wave type rotors are available, thats why I asked about them. In theory, Burn you are correct, BUT, when you cross-drill and ventilate rotors, you lose contact(friction) area, but the braking performance increases, do to lack of gas build up between the pad and rotor, reducing brake fade, etc.... Just thoguht I would ask....a couple hundred buck to see if might might possibly be better is kinda hard to justify....at least on my budget Thanx Chase | ||
| Dsergison |
who would want another 5lbs of unsprung crap in the front wheel? the stock single rotor is perfectly capable of sending you over the bars as is. why do you want more? wave rotors are "just" cool. | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Even if you dont get better braking, they look the business! | ||
| Chris_mackay |
The "waves" create more surface area for heat dissipation, therefore cooling more efficiently. The end result is less fade. Street use would, for the most part, be cosmetic. | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
I plan on swapping mine once the stock ones wear out. Can't justify it until then. I also want the razor rear rotor. LOOKS SWEET! For info as to actual performance, e-mail Trojan Horse. | ||
| Court |
If you are changing your rotors to accomadate your riding talent you are one heck of a rider. I weigh in at roughly the same as the goat the won the Iowa 4-H Fest last year and I can stand a Buell on the front wheel. "More", it occurs to me, may be "too much". Cool.....stop to your hearts content, but it's gonna be damn tough to fault the stock Buell brakes. Court (let me guess, you want a 340mm rear rotor too?)  | ||
| Chasespeed |
Now that last one, the 340, would be GREAT! I have no fault with the factory brakes, its just when I build a car/truck, I tend to do it proportionally, more speed/quicker acceleration, increase the whoah, as well as the go.... I was seriously considering them(wave rotors), but may hold off.... as far as my riding talents, I am not all into the wheelies, stoppies and smokies, sure, if I am not careful, I am pulling the front wheel up, never did figure out how to keep it up(always had alot more weight up forward, e.i and old school rat bike)... So, its a new learning curve, but by the evidence of the wear on the new tires, I seem to be getting pretty low in the twisties... so... but seriously, what do I know...I am putting roughly 150 miles a day on her, just riding the snot out of it, getting accustomed to the handling etc.. wich there was a track close by, I am sure I could learn alot more...with an instructor as well.. Anyway, sorry to ramble... And thanx for all your input.. Chase |
