Have you seen these prices???

32 quid for a wavy rear. 110 quid for a full set of wavys. Look very similar to the Braking Wave brand. 50 quid for an exhaust and 330 notes for replica painted plastics for Jap 400's.

I know it's gotta be rubbish, but even so. Oh, and 45 pennies for a Union Jack tank pad!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Suzuki-Rear-Wa...QQcmdZViewItem

[squirrel_hunter]

I know of these guys (and the similar Chinese sellers) from over the 400 GB site where I reside for my NC23. The general review is you get what you pay for.

Plastics wise very mixed reviews, mainly related to the paint. Some of the stickers/ paint work does not line up and there has also been cases of misspelling and one very bad case of damage in transit. However not heard anything bad about fitments from what I remember (I've given up reading the threads as it descends into the same old arguments). So for about £300 - 350 you get a full set minus the tank, if your lucky the paints good so its just the tank to paint. If your not add the same amount for a respray. Even then its still cheaper than OE but not that different from Skidmarks and other UK based distributors (Jap4 for example). Personally for fairings I'd make my own...

As for the brakes, I'm yet to read a review on them. But I would be dubious based on the above reviews of the plastics. No name brake discs, would you trust them without hearing something very positive?

Pretty much as I thought. Shame nobody has had experience of the brakes though. Perhaps we should all chip in and buy some for "evaluation purposes"

[northwind]

I've owned similiar before, branded as "Braking Point", they were OK but they always felt a bit... Iffy. Never could work out why, but there was a constant very high frequency, very slight vibration with them. Never had that issue with the Braking ones I replaced them with. But I think SVRAsh bought them off me and was happy with them, so it might just have been me.

Just bought another set, from an ebayer called tobyhuang2006 who sells assorted far eastern parts... But some of them a lot more interesting than the usual junk. I've not fitted them yet, they're essentially very accurate copies of Braking wavies. I needed a CBR600RR set so I thought, £90, might as well give it a pop. Obviously you can't tell much by looking at a disc but they do look solid.

[lukemillar]

Ok, maybe a stupid question... I have never understood the advantage of wavey discs?? Anyone care to shed some light? Less prone to warping? Greater surface area - stay cooler?? Purely a 'looks' thing? I just can't see a mechanical advantage

I think the wave (edge) cleans the pads during braking it shaves a layer off. Cooling as well for the disk. Oh and fashion accessory, some people think they look good.

[northwind]

IMO it's pretty much all looks... So many of the reasons given are rubbish, frinstance "lighter weight", my Braking discs were heavier than the GSXR OEM they replaced. You don't see Brembo, AP, PVM, ISR etc making wavy discs, they make brilliant round ones instead.

Can you see why I wouldn't buy the cheap crap?

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rent=Disc1.jpg

[yorkie_chris]

Thats a fair reason for buying proper discs.

There's similar front's for sale on ebay, about £100 quid for front's, the disc carrier looks really flimsy, very thin spokes on it.

When assembling parts for gixxer swap I just took my chances with a secondhand set, think they;re ok

[northwind]

Instigator, what are we looking at there, is that cracks? My galfer disc deceloped a big crack in much the same place... But to be fair, it had been disc-locked once so that could be the probably cause.