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The C10, aka Kawasaki Concours - The Original => The Bike - C10 => Topic started by: Dan in Grand Rapids on July 07, 2012, 06:13:41 PM

Title: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Dan in Grand Rapids on July 07, 2012, 06:13:41 PM
Hello,

My brakes have recently started to pulsate, and I can see that the rotors are warped when I spin the wheel while in the air. I checked out rotors and I can't believe how much they cost. Why would new brake rotors equal half the cost of the bike (or at least what my bike is worth with the age and miles)? Anyways, does anyone know of a place for cheap brake rotors? I was thinking about ordering some used ones from ebay, but then I noticed some cheaper ones from China or Hong Kong. Does anyone have any experience with these types of rotors?

Thanks,
Dan
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Mettler1 on July 07, 2012, 07:24:36 PM
  When I read "cheap" I knew it was you!!   Going to Bike Church tomorrow?

     http://forum.cog-online.org/index.php/topic,29364.msg128516.html#msg128516 (http://forum.cog-online.org/index.php/topic,29364.msg128516.html#msg128516)
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Dan in Grand Rapids on July 07, 2012, 07:47:20 PM
Hey Mettler,

Thanks for the reply and the link. I will have to order some of these rotors.

Yep, tomorrow I should be a bike church. Are you going as well?
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Mettler1 on July 07, 2012, 09:44:04 PM
   Yes.
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: DeansZG on July 07, 2012, 11:19:21 PM

  One of these Sundays, I'll make the trek over there for bike church again!
  Last time was back in '01/'02 IIRC...
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: cmoore on July 08, 2012, 06:13:43 PM
Hey Tom, where is Bike Church?
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: T Cro ® on July 08, 2012, 08:24:58 PM
Hey Tom, where is Bike Church?

www.commongroundgr.com (http://www.commongroundgr.com)
Common Ground Coffee House
1319 Fulton Street East  Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 459-2999
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: T Cro ® on July 08, 2012, 08:26:34 PM
  One of these Sundays, I'll make the trek over there for bike church again!
  Last time was back in '01/'02 IIRC...

When I made the mistake of hosting a ride on roads I'd never seen?
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Mettler1 on July 08, 2012, 10:18:30 PM
When I made the mistake of hosting a ride on roads I'd never seen?
  Was that you Tony?? I do remember we passed by the same church 4 times!  ::) ::) 
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Mettler1 on July 08, 2012, 10:25:37 PM
Hey Tom, where is Bike Church?
   Yeah Tony got it right. That was at least 10 yrs ago and he still remembers. Not bad for an old guy. Riders start showing up about 8.30 am 'til about 11 am. Sure beats the hell out of golf church. ;)
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: enim57 on July 09, 2012, 12:13:16 AM
Hello,

My brakes have recently started to pulsate, and I can see that the rotors are warped when I spin the wheel while in the air. I checked out rotors and I can't believe how much they cost. Why would new brake rotors equal half the cost of the bike (or at least what my bike is worth with the age and miles)? Anyways, does anyone know of a place for cheap brake rotors? I was thinking about ordering some used ones from ebay, but then I noticed some cheaper ones from China or Hong Kong. Does anyone have any experience with these types of rotors?

Thanks,
Dan

The Chinese discs are OK, read thread below. There are also other threads on these discs.
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=679.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=679.0)

Regards, Russell
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: T Cro ® on July 09, 2012, 04:41:09 AM
  Was that you Tony?? I do remember we passed by the same church 4 times!  ::) ::)

Yep.... Guilty as charged. Think that was down by Gunn Lake.
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: Dan in Grand Rapids on July 09, 2012, 07:47:32 AM
The Chinese discs are OK, read thread below. There are also other threads on these discs.
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=679.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=679.0)

Regards, Russell

Russell,
Thanks for the link. I tried searching for info on the disks, but couldn't find anything.

Dan
Title: Re: Cheap brake rotors
Post by: DeansZG on July 11, 2012, 03:56:06 PM
Yep.... Guilty as charged. Think that was down by Gunn Lake.
Oh yessss...... now I remember..... ;D

Getting back on topic, I was also looking at those rotors & prolly would've popped for a set if I still had the C10.