Whats the best way to go with brake discs for weight savings? What are the best makes to go for? Waveys look the best but are the the lightest, bearing in mind the discs have to go with standard calipers
Cheers for any advice
Both Braking and Galfer branded wavey discs are generally the lightest aftermarket ones you can get, though you can go further by getting custom-machined discs made up by any reputable machiner, just make sure you leave enough metal to stop the bike quickly. Other than that, the MotoGP carbon discs are THE lightest and most powerful discs you can get, but they cost BIG money.
Don’t they have pretty stringent operating temperature specs too? I thought the discs/pads had to be wicked hot to be effective…temperatures you are not likely to achieve during “street use?”
Read a report in Superbike i thnk it was that compared Wavey with standard. No improvment really in braking proformance they just look better. The standard i think gave the best (only just) performance.
I would think about PFM’s cast iron disc’s they are meant to be an improvment and give good stopping power with less fade but they do not look as good as the wavey disc’s. They also go rusty if you do not use the bike for a while(soon goes when you brake).
Just an idea.
John
Cheers for replys fellas. Has anybody used EBC Prolite discs or heard of them???
Yes, got prolites on me old blade as the originals were warped, therfore cant give you a better/worse opinion but they are very good, and I do know that a lot of racers use them . . . if you have an ACU licence you can get them quite a bit cheaper
Story goes, they [prolites] may be a bit better then standard, but I have heard that about the EBC HH pads and tales of brake tests that always seem to find that OE pads work best - overall
Ten Kate use wave discs, SS600 is just a little bit competitive, so I would guess there must be an advantage gained in either braking performance or unsprung weight
what sort of riding do you do? if you do lots of fast road/ track riding, the PFM’s are amazing, but need some heat in them, the ‘wavey’ discs are generally lighter than standard, but would go for a well known name like braking wave or galfer. the ebc prolite ones are also good, (i have PFM’s on my ZX7R and prolites on my NC30) and are best used with there own HH pads. ten kate also use the braking wave discs on their WSB fireblade so they work well. the wave of the disc keeps the padsurface clean, so resists glazing up so your brakes stay at there peak longer, but the pads will wear quicker. all after market brakes/pads will usually need a little heating up, but its mostly down to personal taste with what you get on with