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Old 30-07-05, 08:08 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by SVeeedy Gonzales
It looks good, but a lot of it is in the looks... those big brake discs have small brakes acting on them, that rear shock doesn't use linkages like the SV does (I'm pretty sure of this) so the height is much less flexible...
AFAIK -- Big disks, turn slower at the point where the calipers meet the disk so work better than smaller disks that are turning faster as the force applied will be on slower turning mass.
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bigger disk, greater linear velocity of the braking surface.
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