UPDATED: Ebay Chinese Rotors: Fedex arrived today... new pics.

Started by ducatiz, September 01, 2010, 06:26:36 PM

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ducatiz

Mine are doing great.  I garage my bike so no exposure, but everything looks and feels great.

I have them on 2 bikes but only have put miles on one of them. 

The only thing I WISH was better was the buttons, they are tight. Technically these are semi-floating, but they were NON floating when I got them.  They've loosened up a tiny bit. 

I've talked to the seller/factory about making them with floating buttons and they were looking into it (~6 months ago)
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DarkMonster620

Quote from: Slide Panda on April 25, 2012, 05:38:07 AM
So now that folks have had these rotors a while - what's the status of them?

great improvement on braking, have to get used to having more braking power . . . with coffin reservoirs still amazing, had to switch back to coffins since radials had leak and were the non-repairable type . . .might order some more to have in stock and sell to other Ducatis around . . .

Quote from: ducatiz on April 25, 2012, 05:41:33 AM
Mine are doing great.  I garage my bike so no exposure, but everything looks and feels great.

I have them on 2 bikes but only have put miles on one of them. 

The only thing I WISH was better was the buttons, they are tight. Technically these are semi-floating, but they were NON floating when I got them.  They've loosened up a tiny bit. 

I've talked to the seller/factory about making them with floating buttons and they were looking into it (~6 months ago)

Well, mines had 'play' from the get go . . .

wrte to the guy at motomotivo, his prices are competitive and match the original price and faster delivery, he does have 'full floating' albeit' only gold centres . . .
Carlos
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Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
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Nibor

i've bought s pair the same as OP's gold ones. going on my 97 m750, as part of a dual brake upgrade. Brad Black has the fun of putting everything together. only issue so far is the carrier seems to be slightly thicker than OEM, so there's a clearance issue with the speedo drive when the bolts are fitted. no-one else has had anything like this?

combined with brembo pads and venhill lines, be interesting to see how much better it is from OEM single disc setup!

ducatiz

I didn't notice the carrier was thicker on mine.  It might have been but the offset is right.  They are lighter though.

Compared to your stock setup you will be doing stoppies
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Punx Clever

If you pick up the rear disk for a S*R... be aware that there are no magnets on it for the speedo sensor to pick up...  I contacted them about it, but they just replied that they know they don't have any magnets, and WYSIWYG from the picture.
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xsephirot

ducatiz, can I ask what kind of calipers you went with? I'm looking to upgrade my brakes and all these offsets are confusing. I was just thinking of getting a radial MC, calipers from a 749/999 and these rotors to call it a day. But as I was doing more research apparently the calipers from the 749/999 are axial calipers. Does radial calipers make such a big difference or does having a radial master and axial caliper be unnoticeable?

Oh and as for the rotors I'm assuming you bought the ones to fit 749/999 and/or the 848/1098?

DarkMonster620

Quote from: xsephirot on June 02, 2012, 05:58:24 PM
ducatiz, can I ask what kind of calipers you went with? I'm looking to upgrade my brakes and all these offsets are confusing. I was just thinking of getting a radial MC, calipers from a 749/999 and these rotors to call it a day. But as I was doing more research apparently the calipers from the 749/999 are axial calipers. Does radial calipers make such a big difference or does having a radial master and axial caliper be unnoticeable?

Oh and as for the rotors I'm assuming you bought the ones to fit 749/999 and/or the 848/1098?

what bike you have?
Carlos
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Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."


ducatiz

Quote from: xsephirot on June 02, 2012, 05:58:24 PM
ducatiz, can I ask what kind of calipers you went with? I'm looking to upgrade my brakes and all these offsets are confusing. I was just thinking of getting a radial MC, calipers from a 749/999 and these rotors to call it a day. But as I was doing more research apparently the calipers from the 749/999 are axial calipers. Does radial calipers make such a big difference or does having a radial master and axial caliper be unnoticeable?

Oh and as for the rotors I'm assuming you bought the ones to fit 749/999 and/or the 848/1098?

i don't know anything about the radial calipers re: rotor fit.  i assume they work the same way, but don't have a bike with them.

mine is an S2R
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xsephirot

Quote from: ducatiz on June 02, 2012, 10:54:24 PM
i don't know anything about the radial calipers re: rotor fit.  i assume they work the same way, but don't have a bike with them.

mine is an S2R

Which calipers did you go originally before you tore you redid your whole front end?

corey

Quote from: xsephirot on June 03, 2012, 01:36:15 PM
Which calipers did you go originally before you tore you redid your whole front end?

radial calipers will not mount on to your stock forks.
999's came with axial 4-piston/4-pad calipers for a while.
the 4-piston/4-pad style will be super mega over-kill for an S2R800, at least that's the popular consensus. dangerously sensitive braking.

the radial MASTER CYLINDER from a 999 would be a good upgrade. add some gold-line calipers (65mm mount, 4-piston, 2-pad, come in black or gold), and some 320mm, 10-mm offset rotors, and you should be good.
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xsephirot

Quote from: corey on June 04, 2012, 11:58:06 AM
radial calipers will not mount on to your stock forks.
999's came with axial 4-piston/4-pad calipers for a while.
the 4-piston/4-pad style will be super mega over-kill for an S2R800, at least that's the popular consensus. dangerously sensitive braking.

the radial MASTER CYLINDER from a 999 would be a good upgrade. add some gold-line calipers (65mm mount, 4-piston, 2-pad, come in black or gold), and some 320mm, 10-mm offset rotors, and you should be good.

Thanks corey! That helps clear up alot of my questions.

DarkMonster620

Quote from: corey on June 04, 2012, 11:58:06 AM
radial calipers will not mount on to your stock forks.
999's came with axial 4-piston/4-pad calipers for a while.
the 4-piston/4-pad style will be super mega over-kill for an S2R800, at least that's the popular consensus. dangerously sensitive braking.

the radial MASTER CYLINDER from a 999 would be a good upgrade. add some gold-line calipers (65mm mount, 4-piston, 2-pad, come in black or gold), and some 320mm, 10-mm offset rotors, and you should be good.

what he said . . .  [thumbsup]
Carlos
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Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

xsephirot


DarkMonster620

Quote from: xsephirot on June 04, 2012, 04:33:06 PM
What other ducs other than the s2r1000 had the 4 piston 2 pads?

most S4R . . .MTS1000/1100  . . . GTs[IIRC] . . . most Monsters . . . most 748/996/998[some have the 4/4 set up] . . . S2R800, non Dark models . . .and some other Italian bikes too . . .
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."