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Has anyone heard of these? I'm considering buying them but am wary of non OEM discs as most are rubbish from what i hear!
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havent heard of these no, are you looking for racing discs? If not racing then dont bother, they tend to be high in iron levels to aid braking performance but they will rust like buggery on a road bike.
I run EBC pro-lite discs, the braking from them is superb but they need lots of tlc. Get some good quality oem discs. |
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I'd be tempted by some ductile cast iron ones but wouldn't touch anything other than OEMs in stainless. Seen too many chav tat "racing" discs fall in bits after only being in use a couple of months.
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They go orange overnight.
Can't see how this affects their function though TBH.
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They do go orange with the faintest wiff of moisture do the EBC pro lite ones, however this does not compromise performance. I went to work last night in the pouring rain, and they were shiny, by morning, they were orange. Got home and now they are shiny again, until I look tomorrow!
I do have a set of Stealth wavey discs on my other SV, and unlike some 'chav tat' they are actually a good set of discs, but they are expensive. They don't go orange. I got them with the bike and have covered around 7000 miles on them, and they are fine.
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Any wavey discs you get are done for looks and by their nature have stress raiser where the "waves" narrow the profile.
This is why I would not purchase them myself.
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Generally, from my experience, Stainless discs are made as a compromise for good performance and longevity, But for really good/high performance 'road' brakes go for a high-iron content disc.
Its all to do with Oxidisation for good wet weather performance, although you cant see the Oxidation when you ride and have 'cleaned' the surface of the disc when used for the first couple of times, they are oxidising. Most manufacturers use Ferrous compound pads to assist the brakes found on cars/bikes. Also helps with heat dispersion as Aspestos is banned. |
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sunstar is the current manufacturer of suzuki oem parts, the oem chain sprocket kit has sunstar sprockets and oem brake discs are made by sunstar too.
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