any tips? changing front brake rotors

[thirdgenss]

well i have a warped rotor on my 01 1000, i just got another set of rotors and about to start the process of changing them out.....any tips?

[David88vert]

Remove wheel, unbolt rotors, bolt on new rotors (use locktite), remount wheel.

[thirdgenss]

sweet...sounds pretty straight forward.

[Truegiant]

If your bike doesnt already have fresh fluid in it i would recommend buying a big bottle of fluid and flushing the entire system while its apart.

[thirdgenss]

while whats apart? i mean front tire will be off but all calipers would still be connected.

[AnthonyF]

DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please don't tell me you bought Song's R7!?!?!?!?!

-Ant.

[David88vert]

I bought it a long time ago. Sold my R1 to Mike.

Sung has a 1098 with lots of CF - also a 996, a race 636, race 600RR, and a MV F4.

[AnthonyF]

^ i took pics (still have them) of that r7 in his office! I loooooooooooooooooooooooooove that bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never see Song anymore. We don't do business with each other for some reason. Oh well. If that bike ever goes on sale....please lemme know.

-Ant.

[David88vert]

I haven't had a chance to go down there for awhile. I've been working around the clock.

If I ever sell it, it will go back to Sung probably. If not, I have several friends that want it. We play musical bikes/cars a lot. My old R1 that I sold to Mike came from redr1 on here. My Mustang came from him also.

[Tarzanman]

Double check and triple check the required torque on the rotors. If it doesn't make sense then quadruple check

The official manual for the 2004 R1 has a mis-print on the required torque for the nuts on brake rotors. Many people found out the hard way after stripping the studs (stripped studs = go buy new wheel).

[thirdgenss]

yeah theyre like 16ft lbs which is like barely any torque at all