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

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

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ducatiz

#15
September 03, 2010, 07:45:40 AM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on September 03, 2010, 07:43:48 AM
And to be honest. this is the first rotor I've found for sale that'll fit a Duke II (at least in theory)

Email them and ask for dimensions.  I found a couple of incorrect dims for the later model Elefants.. they were very courteous and asked for photos of the correct dimensions. 
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mojo

#16
September 06, 2010, 02:34:06 AM
Wondering how many of the "brand name" rotors (and other parts) are made in China...
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#17
September 06, 2010, 07:11:19 AM
Does Motor Wave International have a website?  I searched and got a company (Italian I think) that generates electricity from ocean currents lol.
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ducatiz

#18
September 06, 2010, 08:48:56 AM
Quote from: Bill in OKC on September 06, 2010, 07:11:19 AM
Does Motor Wave International have a website?  I searched and got a company (Italian I think) that generates electricity from ocean currents lol.

no, i can't find anything.

the best i can find are incorporation info (in Hong Kong) and a financial rating from one of the Hong Kong index companies, sort of like a Hoover's. 

I have a >feeling< we will see them in the future though.  If enough people like these rotors and are willing to buy in the USA, I bet they'll get more official soon.

Quote from: mojo on September 06, 2010, 02:34:06 AM
Wondering how many of the "brand name" rotors (and other parts) are made in China...


When I look at the EBC's box that says "MADE IN ENGLAND" I have to thing the same thing.  I simply cannot see labor in England/UK being cheap enough to make those reasonably.  Then again, like I said, it only takes a monkey to stamp out carriers and to run a CNC to turn rotors.

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ducatiz

#19
September 07, 2010, 10:17:08 AM
Fedex showed up today:  4 days from shipping to receipt.

They look VERY good.  Carriers are clean-cut and the finish looks top-notch.  Every edge is chamfered (on the carrier, as should be).  The black anodized finish looks like very well done.  The only thing I >don't< like is the "MIN TH 4MM" on the outside of the carrier instead of the inside.  The buttons are not semi-float, they are ROCK solid tight.  They look the same size as brembo's buttons (and I would be surprised if they were not).  Might be able to swap to free-floaters.

Dimensions are perfect so far.  I measured offset and bolt pattern and thickness. 

Photos:


Bolt cutouts.

backside:


Buttons.  Same diameter as the factory swiss cheese brembo rotor I have laying around.



Nice touch.  Edges of the rotor are coated.


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#20
September 07, 2010, 03:33:01 PM
My Brembo rotors have the min thickness stamped on the outside.
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ducatiz

#21
September 07, 2010, 03:57:37 PM
Quote from: humorless dp on September 07, 2010, 03:33:01 PM
My Brembo rotors have the min thickness stamped on the outside.

stamped into the metal, or painted in hi-viz white on black?

my brembos have it stamped.  a little more subtle.
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battlecry

#22
September 07, 2010, 04:08:26 PM
What's wrong with a Sharpie?

ducpainter

#23
September 07, 2010, 04:15:12 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on September 07, 2010, 03:57:37 PM
stamped into the metal, or painted in hi-viz white on black?

my brembos have it stamped.  a little more subtle.
They have a lawyer that wants there to be no mistake. ;)
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ducatiz

#24
September 07, 2010, 04:18:42 PM
Quote from: humorless dp on September 07, 2010, 04:15:12 PM
They have a lawyer that wants there to be no mistake. ;)

lol, these are made in china, somehow i doubt that claim..!   [laugh]
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#25
September 07, 2010, 04:21:46 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on September 07, 2010, 04:18:42 PM
lol, these are made in china, somehow i doubt that claim..!   [laugh]
I know...

it was still funny. ;D

Somehow I see these being made by a military vendor.

Lettering is very common as opposed to stamping for mil spec parts.
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ducatiz

#26
September 07, 2010, 04:26:03 PM
Quote from: humorless dp on September 07, 2010, 04:21:46 PM
I know...

it was still funny. ;D

Somehow I see these being made by a military vendor.

Lettering is very common as opposed to stamping for mil spec parts.

THat's an interesting hypo.  Because if they are, then they are 100% contraband.  Bush 41 banned PLA-owned industry imports.  And I don't think they have the same setup we do, i.e. private companies contracting with the Mao Maos.
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DucHead

#27
September 07, 2010, 04:34:55 PM
Very interesting so far.  When are you gonna bolt them up and take them for a....stop?   [cheeky]
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#28
September 07, 2010, 04:39:08 PM
Quote from: pompetta on September 07, 2010, 04:34:55 PM
Very interesting so far.  When are you gonna bolt them up and take them for a....stop?   [cheeky]

Give me a little bit.  I don't get free time to work on the bikes as much.  The delay will be getting the custom hoses.  I am putting 4-pad SBK calipers on my S2R.  Nothing off the shelf that I know of....  Unless someone knows.  Planning to use the SBK style with one hose off the master.
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DucHead

#29
September 07, 2010, 04:40:44 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on September 07, 2010, 04:39:08 PM
Give me a little bit.  I don't get free time to work on the bikes as much.  The delay will be getting the custom hoses.  I am putting 4-pad SBK calipers on my S2R.  Nothing off the shelf that I know of....  Unless someone knows.  Planning to use the SBK style with one hose off the master.

That's what I did -- made use of the notch in my SBK fender.  Spiegler?
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