drrod
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Can someone explain, to mechanically challenged guy like me, why there is such a difference in the brakes of bikes?
A BMW 1200RT will about pull your teeth out of your head when you apply the brakes. The ST....not so much, Swept area is near enough to the same as to not make a big difference and the number of pistons and pad size/caliper is pretty much the same. It can't all be due to weight. My Blackbird (virtually identical brakes to the ST) won't outstop the RT. Is it due to the hydraulics of the master and slave cylinders? brake pad material? rotor material? All of the above? Some of the above? I would love to have the power/feel of the RT's brakes on the ST.
BTW- the pads/fluid/bleeding of the brakes on my ST are all pretty much new.
Rod
A BMW 1200RT will about pull your teeth out of your head when you apply the brakes. The ST....not so much, Swept area is near enough to the same as to not make a big difference and the number of pistons and pad size/caliper is pretty much the same. It can't all be due to weight. My Blackbird (virtually identical brakes to the ST) won't outstop the RT. Is it due to the hydraulics of the master and slave cylinders? brake pad material? rotor material? All of the above? Some of the above? I would love to have the power/feel of the RT's brakes on the ST.
BTW- the pads/fluid/bleeding of the brakes on my ST are all pretty much new.
Rod