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Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:20 pm
by Blackal
Those nice people at Motorworks......... It's second-hand, it will be a bargain!
They can charge like a wounded buffalo
Al
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:22 pm
by dave the german
slparry wrote:dave the german wrote:whats disturbing is the price of the OEM discs - Would manufacturing be easier because there is no carrier? or does it mean with a carrier one disc can be used for multiple applications by changing the carrier? I would think (perhaps naievly) that a straightforward disc without carrier would be cheaper to manufacture. Given the options, I think I would bite the bullet and get the wavys off the bay
The pads are equally disturbing Dave.
I believe a full set of OEM pads for my K12GT is circa £160 - 180 plus fitting etc
So is it EBCs then?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:03 pm
by slparry
dave the german wrote:slparry wrote:dave the german wrote:whats disturbing is the price of the OEM discs - Would manufacturing be easier because there is no carrier? or does it mean with a carrier one disc can be used for multiple applications by changing the carrier? I would think (perhaps naievly) that a straightforward disc without carrier would be cheaper to manufacture. Given the options, I think I would bite the bullet and get the wavys off the bay
The pads are equally disturbing Dave.
I believe a full set of OEM pads for my K12GT is circa £160 - 180 plus fitting etc
So is it EBCs then?
I put EBC's on last time BUT ..... doing so means having to say goodbye to the brake wear indicators as BMW stopped EBC from selling the ones they'd made to fit the pads (and BMW will not sell the indicators separate to the pads) .... and whilst the front EBC's are ok the rear ones are a poor match as they're the same sintered material as the front where the OEM ones have front sintered and rear fibre pads. On other systems this wouldn't be a problem but on the K12GT's it upsets the balance between the linked front and rear brake.
I've been lucky I managed to get a new pair of rear BMW pads off a guy on ebay so now either go for ebc's front or (more likely) go for the genuine ones so I can get my wear indicators back. I like things to be "right" if you know what I mean.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:31 pm
by bigblackfalco
Don't ever try and get a disc straightened!! Take it from me … flogging a dead horse!
Get a new one to get it through the test. Then (if you plan on keeping the bike till the next MOT) take the new disc off and keep in a warm dry place.
Put your duffer back on
