Locked the rear wheel today
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Re: Locked the rear wheel today
just keep in mind that when you panic brake like that use your fronts too. You will stop a HELL of a lot quicker if you use both brakes and by applying the front brake you will reduce the tendancy of the rear locking up ( on mech. sound bike anyways ) . Just keep that in mind. You front should be like 75% of your stopping power. Just dont get crazy with it or youll flip er over.
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Re: Locked the rear wheel today
haha sorry to laugh, but i've done worse... like not putting my friend's brake bracket back on, so first time he touched the rear brake it clasped onto the disc and the caliper rotated full circle til it hit the top of the swing arm and locked up the rear wheel, i pulled the old Chris Farley from tommy boy "WHAT'D YOU DO??"
cbr600- the first time i got new tires put on by a buddy of mine, used to be semi-professional in AMA back in the 80's about maybe taking some sand paper to the tires to get off the compound, he said this is a very bad idea although it sounds like a good one, he didn't get specific, but i later read an article and it said its important for tires to be "broken-in" sort of, and adressed that this really messes up that process and will decrease the life of the tire
Torey- if you'd like i'll see what i could get you new pads and rotor for, EBC double H pads probably be 20$, not sure about the rotor, they make a OEM replacement, steel super light, and then a cool carbon steel waver rotor, i think they are all under 100 my cost though so if you want i'll check on that for you
cbr600- the first time i got new tires put on by a buddy of mine, used to be semi-professional in AMA back in the 80's about maybe taking some sand paper to the tires to get off the compound, he said this is a very bad idea although it sounds like a good one, he didn't get specific, but i later read an article and it said its important for tires to be "broken-in" sort of, and adressed that this really messes up that process and will decrease the life of the tire
Torey- if you'd like i'll see what i could get you new pads and rotor for, EBC double H pads probably be 20$, not sure about the rotor, they make a OEM replacement, steel super light, and then a cool carbon steel waver rotor, i think they are all under 100 my cost though so if you want i'll check on that for you
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Re: Locked the rear wheel today
Originally Posted by Del La Sol 1320
haha sorry to laugh, but i've done worse... like not putting my friend's brake bracket back on, so first time he touched the rear brake it clasped onto the disc and the caliper rotated full circle til it hit the top of the swing arm and locked up the rear wheel, i pulled the old Chris Farley from tommy boy "WHAT'D YOU DO??"
cbr600- the first time i got new tires put on by a buddy of mine, used to be semi-professional in AMA back in the 80's about maybe taking some sand paper to the tires to get off the compound, he said this is a very bad idea although it sounds like a good one, he didn't get specific, but i later read an article and it said its important for tires to be "broken-in" sort of, and adressed that this really messes up that process and will decrease the life of the tire
Torey- if you'd like i'll see what i could get you new pads and rotor for, EBC double H pads probably be 20$, not sure about the rotor, they make a OEM replacement, steel super light, and then a cool carbon steel waver rotor, i think they are all under 100 my cost though so if you want i'll check on that for you
cbr600- the first time i got new tires put on by a buddy of mine, used to be semi-professional in AMA back in the 80's about maybe taking some sand paper to the tires to get off the compound, he said this is a very bad idea although it sounds like a good one, he didn't get specific, but i later read an article and it said its important for tires to be "broken-in" sort of, and adressed that this really messes up that process and will decrease the life of the tire
Torey- if you'd like i'll see what i could get you new pads and rotor for, EBC double H pads probably be 20$, not sure about the rotor, they make a OEM replacement, steel super light, and then a cool carbon steel waver rotor, i think they are all under 100 my cost though so if you want i'll check on that for you
Yeah man, if you could, that would be awesome. My two neighbors said im gonna need to replace the caliper (because they said even if i just replace the disc and the pads, its still going to wear unevenly because i fucked up one side of the caliper) and the disc. When i went to yamahas page, i found the disc part number, but i couldnt find one for JUST the caliper, it is only marked as the entire assembly.
Here are the part numbers for what i need: 5EB-2582W-00-00 ; 5EB-2580W-00-00. Whatever that comes to, and then the pads on top. Down here, the disc will run me 96.99 and the assembly 215.35. Beat that and your a godsend Bret
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