Brake upgrades and unsprung weight

[jetmechmarty]

I was about to make some crack about saving 5lbs on rotors, then adding 6lbs worth of 4 piston Brembo calipers..

You may have noted that I said nothing of replacing the calipers. (Not that there's anything wrong with that!)

[fredintoon]

Fred,
Did you weigh them with tires on them? One of those wheels would would have included a tube. The easiest place to shed rotating mass is the brake rotors.

Hi Marty,
as I remember, both wheels were sans tire & brake disk. And yes, the big weight loss is lighter brake rotors.
Just sayin'; if you reckon to save unsprung weight on an XS series bike by swapping a cast wheel for a wire wheel, it ain't gonna happen.
Sez Fred, who went the other way on his XS650 with a twin disk set up.

[trbig]

You may have noted that I said nothing of replacing the calipers. (Not that there's anything wrong with that!)

I was just thinking, apparently not enough out loud, that if I was to spend that kind of cash to upgrade the discs, the thing pushing against it would be upgraded as well.. Sorry.. Try to follow along with my randomness better, will ya?

[jetmechmarty]

try to follow along with my randomness better, will ya?

roger, wilco