Monthly Archives: September 2020

  1. What is full-floating disc rotor?

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    What is Full-Floating?Full floating rotors, such as were originally conceived, were designed to reduce the tendency towards thermal stress induced distortion due to uneven thermal expansion under load. Prior to the introduction (by Brembo) of this design, brake rotors in the motorcycle industry were simply round discs bolted solidly to the wheel. You may remember if you’ve been around long enough, the rotors on the early CB750 and Z-1’s were nearly 7mm thick and weighed accordingly. This was in effort to keep them from war

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