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Old May 3, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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Anyone running stainless rotors on their FatBoy's (or other Softail's)?

If so, what make are you using, and what is your overall opinion?

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Old May 3, 2007 | 03:58 PM
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Unless Harley changed things I thought the stock rotors are stainless??

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Old May 3, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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do you mean polished?
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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Default RE: Stainless Rotors?

There are defintely different grades of stainless and how they retain the polished surface.
I'm running RCC rotors with Lyndall pads
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 07:42 PM
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Your stockers are stainless. You can polish them by sanding in no time. I polished mine out several years ago. However, just yesterday, I was mounting a new front tire and bent the crap out of a rotor from being a little too agressive. Luckily I had another polished rotor that had a slight warp in it. I put it on and "tapped" the warp out. However, the was my last "spare" stocker. So I got in eBay and ordered up a pair of these polished 100 buck a pair rotors to give a try. I have a buddy using them. They seem like good rotors.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...B:EOIBSA:MT:11


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Old May 3, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Default RE: Stainless Rotors?

Im running the T420 stainless and polished rotors with the Lyndal pads. The pads were a big improvement, their also dustless, great on white walls,
 
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Default RE: Stainless Rotors?

LoL....

Guess I was in a hurry when I typed the question, as I left out one of the most important parts...

I was wondering about the stainless 'floating rotors', and wondered if anyone was using them, and if so what their opinion might be.

KC International has them for $275 a set, and I wasn't sure if they might be worth the additional cost.

http://kcint.zoovy.com/product/50-81024-91024-05
 
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ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci

Your stockers are stainless. You can polish them by sanding in no time. I polished mine out several years ago. However, just yesterday, I was mounting a new front tire and bent the crap out of a rotor from being a little too agressive. Luckily I had another polished rotor that had a slight warp in it. I put it on and "tapped" the warp out. However, the was my last "spare" stocker. So I got in eBay and ordered up a pair of these polished 100 buck a pair rotors to give a try. I have a buddy using them. They seem like good rotors.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...B:EOIBSA:MT:11


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