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Old May 19, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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Dealer sold my bike to me with rotors on opposite sides. Will this hurt anything or what? He said that the factory told them that it reduces brake noise and all of their bikes on the floor are done this way. Has anyone seen thisor experienced anyone that does this? Thanks.
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Yes they say it stops noisy rotors, do a search here you will find some topics on it
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 09:44 PM
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Old May 19, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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My rotors are reversed, no more squeel! Except, when I roll the bike backwards, out of my garage and apply the front brake. That's no lie! But that's not a bad trade off.
 
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Old May 19, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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Ive heard this stops the brake squeal. Cant say for sure though.
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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Mine used to squeal terrible, but after they reversed the rotors, no more squeal!!! Except when rolling it backwards out of the garage like Streetrunner said.
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 01:37 AM
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I had mine reversed too and squeal problem taken care of. As for squealing when going backwards, I solved that problem too!! I don't ride it in reverse anymore.[8D]
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 01:45 AM
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I was all set to reverse my rotors, but I have ABS and the sensor ring (exciter ring) is rivited to the left rotor. Guess I have to stick with noisy brakes.
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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My 07 came from MOCO with reversed rotors
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 02:28 AM
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How can you tell?
 
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