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The XJ650 had a minor lay-down incident. My son,who is still learning misjudged a low speed corner. He ended up in someone's front yard in the soft grass. We had to replace some divits and he was not hurt except for the pride thing. The crash bars did their job but the impact was enough to bend the handle bar and the crash bars a little. Nothing that could not be cold straightened. While test riding after the repairs I noticed a pulse when the front brake was applied. Started checking stuff and ended up replacing the bearings and seals in the front end. The disk looks true when you spin it and the pads in the brake are new. Also replaced the fork seals as one was seeping even before the crash. Any ideas where this pulse is coming from?
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81 650XJ (Brother in laws bike, Delivered)
81 650XJ Jane Doe (Son's Ride)
82 750XJ Project bike (Son in law's future ride)
81 XS 400
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neither of my disks look warped or bent ...they both are . i've replaced one of them and the pulsating is down by 80% . supprisingly it doesn't take much to bend or warp them , which you'd never assume by looking at those huge slabs of rotor . -
I got to play in the garage a little today after all the holiday stuff. I put a dial indicator on the side of the disk and it is wrapped. The book spec calls out .006 TIR max and this one is at .010. Took the indicator over to the XS just for a reference and its run-out was about .001. Kind of worried about just buying one off of EBay. One of those could be worse.... Any one every had any success with tiring to straighten one using a press?Last edited by wingnut; 01-01-2010, 05:22 PM.wingnut
81 SH (Daily Ride)
81 650XJ (Brother in laws bike, Delivered)
81 650XJ Jane Doe (Son's Ride)
82 750XJ Project bike (Son in law's future ride)
81 XS 400
No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”
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If you can't find a shop that can surface grind the old ones flat, then the only option is to replace them.
The good news is warped rotors is a rare problem. Also the minimum rated thickness is very generous. You could take them down to 5.5mm thick and not have any problems.
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Someone on here was supposed to get some imported floating rotors in for the 11's.. Geezer, was that you?
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Yes that was me but I've hit a couple of problems and the project is going to be delayed or scrapped. I'd like to get these too especially since they will be about half the weight of stock rotors.Originally posted by trbig View Post
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Just go to the bathroom before you ride and the weight difference will be the same.Originally posted by Geezer View Post
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We are talking unsprung weight here...Originally posted by Montreux_Blue View PostJust go to the bathroom before you ride and the weight difference will be the same.
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Fix for warped brake rotors
If you search in e bay for xs1100 brake rotors, you will find a company from Portland OR that does surface grinding for $49.99. It claims their process corrects warpage. You might want to contact them with the measurements you mention to see if they can correct that much.
I just sent my rear rotor to be surfaced and drilled as they do both things for $95.00.
Good luck.Last edited by Tropic-al; 01-03-2010, 09:26 PM.79 XS1100F.
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