New discs. I need advice

[Boob Johnson]

Hey dudes n dudettes. I have been considering getting new front disc's for me RF900 but they are hella expensive. The disc's still have life left in them (4mm minimum with left being 4.5 right 4.3. My conundrum is I was keen to get more use out of the disc's & just change out the pads for some shiny new sinted jobbies, now one mate says na you should do new pads n disc at the same time and another mate says pffff putting new pads onto older disc's is fine. Im inclined to agree with him.


What's your thoughts or more importantly your personal experience with this?



ps: yes $$$ are tight right now as im on ACC :brick:

But not for much longer

[Kwaka14]

so long as there is plenty of contact for the pads on the disc and they're legal the pads will bed in no problems...

[Boob Johnson]

so long as there is plenty of contact for the pads on the disc and they're legal the pads will bed in no problems...Cool, thanks for that mate. That's what I said to the mate saying no. He's an engineer & a damn good one at that but super super fussy.

[Kittyhawk]

Put new pads on and run the disks down as long as the brakes are still responsive you will be fine. If you want I can find out some prices up here see if Corsa Wreckers have any disks laying around.

[Boob Johnson]

Put new pads on and run the disks down as long as the brakes are still responsive you will be fine. If you want I can find out some prices up here see if Corsa Wreckers have any disks laying around.Nice one love, yeah have a sniff around for sure.


310mm floating.


Here's what they look like........oh wait, soz the first pic is actually a group of angry asians, the 2nd one is the disc's, please don't confuse the two, I don't think the angry asian's will fit on the front forks

[Kittyhawk]

Nice one love, yeah have a sniff around for sure.


310mm floating.


Here's what they look like........oh wait, soz the first pic is actually a group of angry asians, the 2nd one is the disc's, please don't confuse the two, I don't think the angry asian's will fit on the front forks

Kool I'll see what I can find, I'll ask MDU too see where he gets his daks from...oops I ment parts

[Boob Johnson]

Kool I'll see what I can find, I'll ask MDU too see where he gets his daks from...oops I ment partslol, already onto MDU, was talkin to him today :niceone:

[canarlee]

ello mate, nah you dont need to change the discs for a long while!

that is unless you are upgrading the entire braking system, ie; hoses, calipers, etc......then yes maybe it might be worth it?

[Kittyhawk]

lol, already onto MDU, was talkin to him today :niceone:

Lol so did ya find out where he gets his daks from then???:wari: Should I be worried you are onto him? have I missed something there hmmmm?

[Boob Johnson]

ello mate, nah you dont need to change the discs for a long while!

that is unless you are upgrading the entire braking system, ie; hoses, calipers, etc......then yes maybe it might be worth it?Hey Lee, good to meet ya yesterday, great ride. Anytime your in town & need a bed, we got a spare room & plenty of garage space for bikes :niceone:


Cheers for the advice.




Lol so did ya find out where he gets his daks from then???:wari: Should I be worried you are onto him? have I missed something there hmmmm?lol were not THAT friendly :lol:

[Kittyhawk]

Hey Lee, good to meet ya yesterday, great ride. Anytime your in town & need a bed, we got a spare room & plenty of garage space for bikes :niceone:


Cheers for the advice.



lol were not THAT friendly :lol:

Yea well I dont know about that...the conspiracy with honda riders...now RF riders??? HOW DO WE REALLY KNOW!?:oi-grr:

[Chocky]

AAARRGGhhhh!!!:brick: they want HOW MUCH? 380$ EACH!!!!
:no: OOOOoooommmmm OK I have relaxd a bit now
Does anyone know of a U.S firm that delivers to N.Z?
I saw a pair of wave discs for 200$us ea. but I fogot to bookmark the page and I'll be buggerd if i can find it again :pinch:
help!!!! please...... someone......

[imdying]

Yeah.... what are those 200US wavy discs like? Post up the brand name if you find them again. Out of interest, the $380 Suzuki ones, how long did the pair you have last?

[Colapop]

Try www.denniskirk.com they have heaps - see products for metric bikes

[Chocky]

Yeah.... what are those 200US wavy discs like? Post up the brand name if you find them again. Out of interest, the $380 Suzuki ones, how long did the pair you have last?

I only got the bike 4 months ago off Frosty its got 70,000 Mil (112k Km) on the clock

[Chocky]

Try www.denniskirk.com they have heaps - see products for metric bikes
Colapop you are a legend! EBC Pro-Lite Contour Brake Rotors 205.99 US$ they even come in red anodized to match the bike :cool:

[imdying]

I only got the bike 4 months ago off Frosty its got 70,000 Mil (112k Km) on the clockSounds like value for money to me then.

[xwhatsit]

Probably not the correct place to discuss it, but every time a brake disc thread pops up it's almost invariably an RF900 involved. Why is this? Are they particularly prone to it? Is it all the NZ riders riding the supposed touring bike as if it's a CBRRRRR at Taupo? Or just expensive and hard to get hold of.

[imdying]

Because they're a fat whale, and they were very cheap NZ new, so there's heaps of them about.