yea, I here people talking about steel brake lines but 'why' the stock seems to work real great
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Created on: 08/20/14 12:12 AM
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RE: Just installed EBC rotors and pads
08/31/14 6:39 PM
yea, I here people talking about steel brake lines but 'why' the stock seems to work real great
I have kevlar lines on the 14 and Steel on the busa. Neither one makes a lick of dif. Probably if you work the brakes hard enough like you might on a track, you would benefit from aftermarket lines. JMHO, some disagree. ...but I had my stock rubber lines for about three years and they seemed to be good as new...no worse than the aftermarket lines I put on. Cool looking though.
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RE: Just installed EBC rotors and pads
10/02/14 7:05 PM
Those do look good on that bike Blkcasper. Are those the EBC Vee's? I'm thinking about getting some mainly because the Vee's come with a black center. My rotors finally warped. I have 15k on her now. I think they have been warped all season and gradually got worse. Now I have the pulse when coming to a stop. I suspected and replaced wheel bearings, tightened steering head bearings and replaced brake pads and a set of Dunlop q3's thinking it was a tire issue. Couldn't imagine it was warped rotors until I started reading ( a bit too late) It still doesn't feel as smooth as it did when it was new but I've learned to live with it for now. Two shops checked the bike and said it was safe. I was looking at the ProLites too but they only come with a gold center for my bike. (a 2011) I was wondering what the difference was between Vee's and the ProLites? I'm assuming they are both better than stock. Should I go ahead and replace the rear as well? (Props to Rooks How-To's on the tire removal)
On that note, I read somewhere about putting penetrating oil on the floaters and letting it soak in to "free them up" I just used a little bit and I think it smoothed them out a bit but only for a couple rides. Not sure how safe this actually is.
Blkcasper
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RE: Just installed EBC rotors and pads
10/03/14 1:03 PM
Yeah they are the v's. They come in a couple of other colors. Black, green, gold, and sliver I think.
I had almost 28k on mine when I changed them out. My stock ones didn't look bad or seamed to be warped but I did feel the pulsing your talking about but on during low speed stopping. Plus new stock rotors aren't that much cheaper.
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