| Author | Message | ||
     Hybridmomentspass |
best to look at aftermarket or stock for a new front rotor? Stock works fine, but dont want to spend more to stay stock Whats your input? | ||
| Foximus |
How hard do you ride? I thought the stock 6 bolt was fine until I went up to murphy north carolina. Then I saw my rotor turn blue... LoL. | ||
| Buellistic |
The cast iron rotors like on my 1997 S3T dissipate heat(cool)better than pretty stainless steel ones that will turn blue from over heating ... | ||
| Guell |
ebc makes a great replacement, and its cheaper than the stocker. | ||
| Buellish |
Unless you can find a deal on a stocker,the aftermarket rotors are competitively priced,when you look at full retail on the OEM part. | ||
| Fahren |
American Sport Bike has nice aftermarket ones, like EBC Prolite. Reasonable. | ||
| Eshardball |
Braking wave rotor if you can spare the money, but only on the front | ||
| Jayvee |
Only on the front because the back doesn't work anyway? Or because there is some other contraindication for the wave on the back? Or just waste of money? | ||
| Foximus |
just waste of money on the rear. It never gets hot enough anyway. | ||
| Ratbuell |
+1 on the EBC front rotor. Got one on my S2, nice look (I think wave rotors just look silly) and great performance. As I run through my stock discs on the M2 and S1W, and the couple spares I have...I'll likely transition into more EBC's. | ||
| Fullauto |
Got the EBC. tried the braking wave disc. Prefer the EBC over the others. | ||
| Mhevezi |
I recommend the Galfer rotor.  I was amazed at how much better it was, even with the old pads. I promptly put new pads on it, and am really impressed. Good luck. | ||
| Eshardball |
Foximus hit it right on the head. The back brake doesn't do enough work to warrant the extra surface area that you are paying for with a wave rotor | ||
| Zenbiker |
I am glad this thread is rolling, as I have a rear wave and stock S2 option. If they are both free, but I can only keep one, should I error in the side of 'stockness' for the S2 or go with the wave. Milage is about the same. | ||
| Harleyelf |
Both free? I'd keep the wave. | ||
| Jayvee |
I thought on the Wave, we're paying more for LESS surface area? Maybe 'strategicly' less? | ||
| Eshardball |
You are paying more for the wave rotor due to the increased cost to machine and the higher material costs of stainless vs CI. If they are both free, the wave rotor looks cooler but on the rear,it just comes down to looks. Good pads and a braided stainless rear line will give you all the rear brake you need | ||
| Kalali |
Mhevezi - Nice rotor. This could be just the picture but it looks like the swept area on the rotor is a bit narrower than normal. You may want to take look at the two "outside" pistons on both sides to make sure they travel evenly. I had to take mine apart and clean them last year. There is a lot of crap that get trapped in there aside from just caked up brake pad dust. |
