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Reply to "Rear Disk Brakes...Is there really a need? Talk it over."

I have to weigh in here....

 

I have CSP solid discs in front and type1 drums in the back. I do have the wider type3 shoes in there, drums were machined to take the shoes. This year I experienced brake fade for the first time.

 

We were at Cowan's Gap and I hotfooted my way out of there with Mr. Frazer. Before anybody gets their panties wadded up it's a state park and there are no houses or intersections. Plus, I only drove quickly where I could see, using good sightlines. Anyway, it is two miles of curved bliss. Many times I crossed the center line, which is grooved and bumpy as heck, I was driving pretty fast. I would say it was 9/10ths or more. 

 

My point is I made my brakes fade in TWO MILES. I wonder if they would with four wheel discs and vented in the front? Remember, my Spyder only weighs 1450 pounds. But I definitely think that will be a mod for the future, vented front rotors and solid disks in the back, along with a different MC.

Last edited by DannyP
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