tinhead
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posted May 02, 2006 04:07 PM
Ceramic Rotors are here!!
Ahh, yes, UPS finally delivered those BrakeTech ceramic rotors, up the road at my cousin's place 4 days after their tracking showed they dropped it on my doorstep.
These things are damn pretty, better even than when I got the head back from porting. It should complement the jewelry that the Mikuni Racing (now AGRAS) rearsets and top clamp are quite nicely.
I doubt I'll sleep before I put them on the bike after work tomorrow morning, and I doubt more that I'll get the camera/computer interface fixed, so this will be a pictureless thread for a bit...........
Sorry KawFans, they are going on my Busa. 
  
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harryzx-12
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posted May 02, 2006 05:13 PM
I will be interested how they work. I need to upgrade the braking system on my turbo busa.How much did they run you tinhead?
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swft
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posted May 02, 2006 05:23 PM
This thread is fucking useless without pictures!
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frEEk
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posted May 02, 2006 11:33 PM
man i love what i've seen of those. the weight savings is almost unbelievable.
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TRNorBRN6001
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posted May 05, 2006 11:55 AM
what do those things run?????
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tinhead
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posted May 05, 2006 06:30 PM
Yes, an expensive product does work.
BrakeTech ceramic rotors are the tits!!!!
I tried my best to wear thee pads to rotors, the advice is to do 5-10 stops at increasing lever pressure, when I got to the third stop the front tire was howling. Repeat as needed,.
These are the only brakes I've ever had on the bike where I haven't needed the adjuster set on "1", power and controllibity are exceptional. I haven't got the chance to test them completelty yet, but 5 straight 140 to 40 stops are effortless.
In a word, WOW!!!!
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tinhead
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posted May 05, 2006 06:36 PM
Yeah, I've been in touch with Jeff at Brake Tech for over a year, so I got an intro price.
I hate the word perfect, but goddam, this would be the best 2 grand to put into any bike.
Astonishing.
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tinhead
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posted May 05, 2006 06:40 PM
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what do those things run?????
Was $1783 to my door, and a 3 hour install, cleaning everything and bleeding carefully.
Astonishing. Really.
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tinhead
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posted May 06, 2006 07:33 AM
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man i love what i've seen of those. the weight savings is almost unbelievable.
The weights per rotor are:
Stock - 3.52 pounds
BrakeTech Superlite-- 2,76 pounds
Ceramic-- 1.44 pounds
The way the bike gets side to side now is unbelievable, the Dymag mag center/ aluminum rim wheel helps with that, too.
Once a Busa gets under 500lb wet, getting more weight off gets expensive, that's life.
If these are legal to use as aftermarket discs in a racing class somewhere, there will be a lot of racers getting these.
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