Kyoto Wavy Discs

[1gear1brake]

Has anybody tried these? I need new discs on the front of my @ and these are considerably cheaper than EBCs or Originals. They look pretty neat too!

Cheers
Dylan

[davsato]

they look good but ive heard they speed up pad wear and reduce breaking because of less surface area?

[1gear1brake]

Thanks for that. I've pretty much decided to go for Honda originals I think. Wavy discs may look good but I want good brakes rather than pretty brakes

[Lumiya]

Wavy disks are used for two main purposes

1# they don't tend to overheat like a solid disk
2# they're designed to clean the pads (hence they eat through pads)

They don't tend to be less efficient than standard disks (mainly due to both of the above) and are used in a lot of race scenarios..

[Wigan Chris]

2# they're designed to clean the pads (hence they eat through pads)

how much of a decrease in pad life are we talking here?

[sean]

how much of a decrease in pad life are we talking here?

I have braking wavey discs on my busa and get through a set of front pads every 4500 - 5000 miles. not that bad really. but much better stopping power than standard......

[Lumiya]

Wavy disks are used for two main purposes

1# they don't tend to overheat like a solid disk
2# they're designed to clean the pads (hence they eat through pads)

They don't tend to be less efficient than standard disks (mainly due to both of the above) and are used in a lot of race scenarios..

After I typed the above I did a lot more digging into wavy disks and suitability into standard replacements for the front of a dual purpose bike and come to the conclusion that my previous comments were wrong. They run cooler mainly due to less surface/pad area and therefore are underpowered compared to standard disks, fine on a race bike that tends to have 8 pot calipers with enhanced cooling designs on an oversized disk but absolutely useless on the front of something like an AT/XTZ/Tiger...etc..

Yes they're great for removing contaminents for your dips into a muddy field but not for any other time. If you are gonna get wavys then get a lot larger disks (this'll mean a lot larger caliper mounts) but don;t expect miracle results unless you do a lot of mud work...

[digitalcaptive]

come to the conclusion that my previous comments were wrong

Sorry but I just cannot accept this statement

[Lumiya]

I do get things wrong... Just like I thought your IQ was in treble figures... I was way wrong on that one

[HUDDERS]

I do get things wrong... Just like I thought your IQ was in treble figures... I was way wrong on that one

Hell you were way off there, unless you move the decimal point