Brake Discs pt2

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:53 pm

see my post under sales & wants.......

i desperatly need new discs for front & rear........

anyone help?????

thetyrant · Post by **thetyrant** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:19 pm

Might be able to...depends on how desperate you are?...i have just replaced my front discs with EBC prolites...reasons :

1.slight vibration under heavy braking although not really that bad im just very fussy.
2. Discs are mismatched.. right is a firestorm disc but left looks like a RVF400 disc, they are the correct fitment ( diameter,hole pitch & offset etc) just the centre pattern cutouts are very slightly different.

Let me know if they are of interest to you, was going to keep them as spares but if you want them make me an offer.

Cheers

Ian

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:27 pm

ok, so the next question is.....

i'm a complete numpty when it comes to fitting etc........(everything usually gets done at the dealer)

is it easy??? how do the originals come off??? is is possible for a complete idiot (moi) to do it.......

oh, and havnt got a clue what they're worth, so gis us a ball park figure !!!!!!

Ps, when you mention small vibration, that's what the dealer reckoned i should have been feeling, which suggests theyre warped too (surely).....

(i could be wrong though), as i say, i just ride the thing......

thetyrant · Post by **thetyrant** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:41 pm

OK...yes its a straight forward job, providing you have the right tools and a means to support the front of the bike off the ground so you can remove the front wheel. However if in doubt you dont want to me getting things wrong when it comes to the front brakes on a 150+mph motorcycle.

Yes the discs are very slightly warped and thats why they vibrate, i thought you had maybe damaged your discs and thats why you needed to replace them....guess not...if you are wanting to cure vibration you gona need some better ones than mine....either Firestorm, CBR600 or RVF400 ones all fit, but they are all hard to find second hand in good nick.

Try this guy he oftens has them though - graeme.france@tesco.net

Ian

WayneM · Post by **WayneM** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:07 pm

EssexBloke,

Get Del to do it for you. He is a top man and what he doesnt know about the VTR isnt worth knowing.

Cheers
Wayne

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:45 am

cheers m8. he's offered under sales & wants....

he's also hopefully got a spare set of discs up for grabs.......(fingers crossed)

(things are starting to look a little less bleak now........)

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:18 am

Del....got your PM, cheers m8.....

will let you know asap.......(after 14th)