petethepug
Michael
For the last decade all four of our rides have been swapped out to x drilled & slotted like the R1 shown. The best bang for the buck was purchasing the rotors separately from the pads. Ceramic composition has been the best for us so far with next to no dust and zero noise. I prefer the Bosch brand that has no copper. The copper messes with fish when running off.
I went to the source in braking to get the low down on slotted/drilled rotors, Brembo in SoCal. As long as the mfgr follows the engineering design to drill/slot rotors and chamfer them you’re better than fine. Yes! You will lose 10-15 ft of braking distance. You’ll also gain longer lasting rotors because the dust is swept off the surface each rotation through the holes.
Warping, which is actually brake pad bake from hot stops is eliminated. Hydroplane from water crawling or heavy rain is nearly eliminated because the water has somewhere to go. The zinc coated version is so cheap now, there’s no reason not to upgrade, if not for safety, longevity and reliability, but for pure ascetics. They don’t rust in the first 2-4 years with ceramic pads and nothing bugars them up with dust.
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I went to the source in braking to get the low down on slotted/drilled rotors, Brembo in SoCal. As long as the mfgr follows the engineering design to drill/slot rotors and chamfer them you’re better than fine. Yes! You will lose 10-15 ft of braking distance. You’ll also gain longer lasting rotors because the dust is swept off the surface each rotation through the holes.
Warping, which is actually brake pad bake from hot stops is eliminated. Hydroplane from water crawling or heavy rain is nearly eliminated because the water has somewhere to go. The zinc coated version is so cheap now, there’s no reason not to upgrade, if not for safety, longevity and reliability, but for pure ascetics. They don’t rust in the first 2-4 years with ceramic pads and nothing bugars them up with dust.
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