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- From: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: single vs. dual disk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.125250.2974@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 12:52:49 -0500
- References: <C11Knz.M4u@synoptics.com> <1993Jan19.063855.675@elektro.cmhnet.org>
- Reply-To: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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- In article <1993Jan19.063855.675@elektro.cmhnet.org>, charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) writes:
- > In article <C11Knz.M4u@synoptics.com> noemi@synoptics.com (Noemi Berry) writes:
- >>what are the advantages/disadvantages of single vs. dual front disk brakes?
- >>in terms of: stopping power, braking smoothness, weight? does the asymmetry
- >>of a single disk have any effect in the feel of the front end? are dual
- >>disks noticeably heavier?
-
- > Suffice it to say, that you must have considered whether the disk rotor(s)
- > are plain or drilled (and whether you drilled them yourself), whether the
- > left rotor is tinged red and the right rotor is tinged green or in the case
- > of a single rotor whether it is tinged appropriate to the side it's on or
- > visa versa, and whether the disk rotor(s) diameter(s) are equal to the
- > tire diameter (to permit cornering on rails).
-
- Chucky you have obviously left out the most important item. The
- aftermarket brake pad stickers that are placed on the bike's forks.
-
- Also, the hemisphere of the earth that the brakes were manuafctured
- in matters, too, due to gyroscopic procession. Excuse me, I meant
- alcoholic ingestion. No, it's actually bucolic relaxation.
-
- See Clymer's "Figuring What the Hell Kinda Brakes Look Better Than Others"
- for more details. Ignore the diagrams, though, they're all wrong.
-
- Rob
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- Rob Yang (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A) RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU
- Systems Engineer - AEG Automation Systems Corp.
- '92 CBR600F2 (Hon) AMA 642916 DoD 0593 FSSNOC 1721 '87 KDX200 (Moose)
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