Anybody wish their R3T had more braking? PART 2

[Tripps]

Speed Triple uses the same front brake parts as Standard/Roadster, alas, doesn't fit the Touring, I had to send my Galfer Wave rotors back.

Ooops, posted similar a while back. Odd, the EBC Euro site shows front rotor fitments, but if you click on USA site, nothing.

 

[azbbqer]

Yes making the plate took some time. I went through 4 prototypes to get a fit that I
was satisfied with. I used a piece of machineable plastic and learned a lot at each stage.
There are a lot of subtle angles, radii and tapered sides at the lugs on the forks. That put
a little snag, because I wanted a clean, tight fit around the lower fork lugs. Plus there are
a couple of little threaded welded bungs on the backside to eliminate having to deal with a
nut when tightening the calipers down. Plus there are some slight caressing that needs to be
done with the mounts on the calipers themselves. But this is Drememl tool work, easy stuff.
Overall I'm happy with the result and it's very unique. I got a whole bunch of other ideas
cooking and a couple are completey drawn out in CAD, I just need to save up the funds to
fabricate them.

What CAD system are you using?

 

[Joesmoe]

Silly question . . . what would it take for you to make duplicates for others ? Is it just the adapter plates that need to be added, and then the new calipers bolt there ? And no change / effect on ABS performance I presume ?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I found just switching to EBC "HH" pads on the front of my standard made a huge difference in stopping power.

 

[Joesmoe]

Not nice to fool mother nature . . . what is the trade-off for "huge difference in stopping power" ? I remember when I was a teen "apprentice" in an independent Mercedes mechanic's shop, he would offer discerning customers a choice between "soft" and "hard" pads -- the tradeoff being that the soft would stop better, and require the customer to change them out more frequently (oh, too, they tended not to squeal) over the hard.
[and I'm still waiting for the diagnosis of cancer as those cars with the "soft" pads would come full of black dusk from the pad wear, and our standard practice was to take an air hose and blow everything clear resulting in a thick local black cloud, before installing the new pads -- not a filter mask to be found]

That was the early 70's, and I haven't kept up with it, but understand the technology of pads has advanced since then.

Still, I suspect there is a tradeoff why Mother Triumph decided on what they supplied for the Rocket vs. the alternatives available such as what you chose.

Thoughts ?

Thank you.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

The only downside I can see with EBC's is they are noisy. They don't squeal (like the stock ones did terribly) but they do make a metallic rubbing sound even when not applied. It doesn't bother me at all, but it might some. I've had to use them pretty hard a couple of times and no sensation of impending lockup. I was told they would eat my rotors. I started running EBC's at 16,000 miles. Have over 50,000 now on the original rotors and they show no abnormal wear. I'm sold.

 

[Joesmoe]

Works for me. I'm going to order a pair -- Bike Bandit seems to think they will fit.

Thank you.

 

[Trirocket3]

Yes nice work , personally I'm not a fan of adaptor plates in general, even tidy ones like those pictured.
As a mate of mine owns Pretech I get their 6 pots at a friendly price.

 

[Joesmoe]

Hmmm, Pretech doesn't differentiate among models. Are you saying the Pretech model fits directly to the Touring front lugs ?

 

[Jag]

Hmmm, Pretech doesn't differentiate among models. Are you saying the Pretech model fits directly to the Touring front lugs ?

Joe try