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Old 21st November 2010
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I just got my Russell rotors on and I love em. I had a Ness 6 piston caliper from Performance Machine laying around and put that on as well...








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So how much of an improvement did you notice. If there was one thing that really bothered me about the Sporty is the weak breaking. I used to ride with dudes riding ricers and how i envy what their machines would do approaching a corner. Of course their bikes were a hell of alot lighter too.
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It is 30-50% better than the 4 piston and the 4 piston was was twice as good as the single... I think that make the Ness Caliper about half of what you might get from a GSXR. In that the bike has half the power of the GSXR they are prolly even.

Just kidding. The 6 piston really stops the little thugster.
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Interesting in that first pic is what the 6-pot does to the rotor....I put one on a 2008 wide glide and the rotor looks a bit blued and scuffed like yours does....must be the awesome braking power.

I just put a 4-pot on like the one you took off and it is very good indeed! I already had the drilled rotor.
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What gives?

Could be from excessive heat, looks to me like a fixed caliber and non-floating rotor...
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That pic was taken after the first (short) ride and the rotor wasn't quite scuffed in.
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