I am going to a single front brake on my 2007 flhtc. I have the new 9/16 master cylinder and brake line but I have questions. I have not been able to find answers for the 6 piston caliper and rotor size. First off a few manufacturers of these six piston calipers claim that they work with different size rotors. How is that possible for a caliper to work with a. 11.5 and a 13" rotor? Is there a great increase in stoping power going up to the 13" rotor? Is anyone out there running the 6 piston caliper with the 11.5 with good results? Can I run my stock size rotor with the PM 6 piston caliper then later down the road switch to the 13"? I also can't seem to find many manufacturers of the 13" rotors that fit my bike. I sure have not found any that are affordable.

 

I understand modding a bike by changing out stock parts. But what is the rational for going to one brake when two work so well, have a balanced look. just want to know.

 

I understand your concern and have done my research. I'm not trying to start a thread for a debate on why one should or shouldn't go this route. There are plenty of those out there and i just got done reading most of them. I know many think it is stupid but I'm not one of them. Single brake set ups have been run with much success for many many years. If I can squeeze them and lock them up with a single how much more stopping power do I need? The benefits are looks, reliability, and ease of cleaning and oh yeah and looks!

 

read my sig, no concerns just curious

 

This may be obvious but make sure ya have it on the opposite side as tbe rear brake

 

There are guys that just remove the right rotor and caliper to my twin 13" rotors and 6 piston calipers on my old RG. Caliper mounting determines rotor size. Bigger rotors take less caliper force. A proper 13" rotor and 6 piston caliper will do as good as the stock twin brake setup.

 

What???????????????

 

I run a single on my 05 king. I believe i have the 11.5 but dont remember. I can check if you would like

 

shoot we have ran single front setups on a lot of our track bikes , the 6 piston with the 13" rotor should get you stopped just fine..

The 13 provides more surface area ,which in return keeps things cooler under heavy braking situations (like a 900lb bike coming to a stop quickly)..

We have ran alot of the Brembo 4 pot gold line calipers , with the brake tech rotors and man let me tell you , the difference is Huge with just the brembo and rotor setup...

 

Some brands that make calipers make them in different versions, one version for small rotors, a similar version for large rotors, as simple as that! They look the same, except the mounting points are slightly different. When going to 6-pot calipers I chose the 13" rotors, so also bought the calipers to go with them. Two rotors are company, one is going to get lonely.......