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Anyone know what happened to that guy that was here briefly bragging about riding around without a license on a turbo charged harley?
 
Got one of these today, works well enough to actually use on a long trip.
Gotta be aware of it though, its easy to disengage however you have to actively do it by rolling back the throttle. nice to use for a km here and there to relax the right hand a little on a long trip.
 
what are your guys thoughts and opinions on skimming a disc on a bike? also if a positive where could i have this done?
 
Steamy Tom said:
what are your guys thoughts and opinions on skimming a disc on a bike? also if a positive where could i have this done?
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I have never heard of it being done.

I suspect because the tolerance for thickness are that much tighter on bikes.

Also not exactly sure how you would do it “on bike” as you do with a car.

Personally, just like with cars, I would never do it.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I have never heard of it being done.

I suspect because the tolerance for thickness are that much tighter on bikes.

Also not exactly sure how you would do it “on bike” as you do with a car.

Personally, just like with cars, I would never do it.
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why wouldnt you do it on a car?
 
Steamy Tom said:
why wouldnt you do it on a car?
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Because more often than not the cost difference to simply replace the disc instead of skim it makes more sense.

If you aren’t using a dealership.

Also much easier DIY to install your own new discs than to have it skimmed.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Because more often than not the cost difference to simply replace the disc instead of skim it makes more sense.

If you aren’t using a dealership.

Also much easier DIY to install your own new discs than to have it skimmed.
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how much do you think skimming is vs a disc? skimming from what i know is like R400, a new disc is like R3000?
 
Steamy Tom said:
how much do you think skimming is vs a disc? skimming from what i know is like R400, a new disc is like R3000?
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I don't know where you are shopping.

The entire set of discs and pads for my car (GTI) was less than R3000.

The original Brembo rotors for my bike are quite expensive, but it's precisely why I wouldn't replace it with those and switch to SBS just like I did with my pads.

What bike are you looking to do this for? Remember brake rotors aren't as thick in the first place generally so there isn't all that much to skim.
 
The only reason to skim a disc is if it's warped. And if it's warped, something made it warp so fix that first, and then replace the damn disc.
 
Sinbad said:
The only reason to skim a disc is if it's warped. And if it's warped, something made it warp so fix that first, and then replace the damn disc.
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the discs are bad because the previous owner let the pads run down too much
 
Steamy Tom said:
why wouldnt you do it on a car?
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Sinbad said:
The only reason to skim a disc is if it's warped. And if it's warped, something made it warp so fix that first, and then replace the damn disc.
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Skimming disks is removing a layer, making the disk thinner, increase the risk of the disk warping when the disk is heated when you brake.

Speak to companies like Kickstart around importing the correct disk for your bike or check the pricing on Amazon.com and add +-R200 for shipping using Aramex
 
Steamy Tom said:
how much do you think skimming is vs a disc? skimming from what i know is like R400, a new disc is like R3000?
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Dealer discs are that price for sure, but go to Midas and they'll sort you out for much less with decent discs. My previous car the dealer quoted R9000 (after discount nogals, lol), I bought the parts for R1700. I then did it myself but you can easily still go to a tyre/brake place and have them fit it for like R250
 
Archer said:
Dealer discs are that price for sure, but go to Midas and they'll sort you out for much less with decent discs. My previous car the dealer quoted R9000 (after discount nogals, lol), I bought the parts for R1700. I then did it myself but you can easily still go to a tyre/brake place and have them fit it for like R250
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i can assure you midas wont have the discs?

justbiketyre wants R2900 for the front and they cant get the back.
 
What was going on up the West Coast (R27) today?? Hundreds of bikes came pouring out of Royal Ascot (I'm guessing they left from the Paddocks). Traffic all the way up Otto du Plessis as far as Parklands was crawling along. These guys somehow decided they had the right to stop traffic as people going along Otto du Plessis (one guy got off his bike to play speed cop, stopping motorists) had to wait for them to pour through even when their robot was red.

I'm all for bike days and rallies, but behaviour like doesn't do much to endear bikers to motorists.

This is just the front going down Race Course road towards the R27. My rear view mirror was full of bikes too!

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