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i got brakes !
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xsleo
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PostPosted: June 16, 2008, 1:43 am    Post subject: i got brakes !
i have a 75 and have been collecting parts to swap over to a disc brake on the rear. i am using a mag wheel for now, when i find a spoke wheel for a disc brake i will change it out. i finally found a cheap torch set to braze the mounts for the master cylinder on. it ain't real pretty, but they work. the brazing job is a little rough, but i should be able to clean it up with a grinder. paint it and it will be ok. so know i have the dual disc on front and the disc on the rear.

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PostPosted: June 16, 2008, 4:13 am    Post subject: Re: i got brakes !
Slotted discs seem to be the fashion now?
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PostPosted: June 21, 2008, 9:36 pm    Post subject: Re: i got brakes !
i don't know about fashion, but the slotted rotors don't need drilling.
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PostPosted: June 21, 2008, 9:44 pm    Post subject: Re: i got brakes !
drilling does the same thing as slots, lets any gas buildup that would lift the pads from the rotor to bleed out at the holes/slots. the sharp edge of the holes/ slots cleans the pads of any metal from the rotors from building up on the pads. as the rotors wear the metal has to go somewhere. with the holes/slots the edge of the holes/ slots shaves the metal from the pads.
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PostPosted: July 14, 2008, 2:06 pm    Post subject: Re: i got brakes !
Slotted rotors arn't as prone to cracking like some drilled rotors are. I dunno if thats a problem on these bikes, but I know on cars it can be.
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PostPosted: July 25, 2008, 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: i got brakes !
i think that when a rotor is slotted or drilled as part of being made is less apt to have trouble ,than if the rotor is drilled or slotted after it is made.
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