Tue, 5 May 1998 10:15:55 +0100 - Message No. 2817
From: gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk

Subject: Re: disc lock


... now I know, I was loughing to early. Last week I forgot to take my lock
from my brake disc and my planned trip suddenly ended after half-a-meter.
In
my opinion these damned disc locks are an invention of the brake disc
industry to increase the share of spare disks.

Ok, now the facts: My disc is only slightly dammaged, which means that the
front wheel is still spinning but at one point of the brake disk it is
dragging along the brake. This finally stops the spinning of the wheel and
I
feel a pulse beat at my lever while using the front brake ( some primitive
ABS ). Is there a way to repair the disc? Do I destroy my second front disk
when driving with the damaged one? If I buy a new one, do I have to replace
both disks? Is it the same when I replace it with a used one?

Greetings,
Manfred
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I did the same on a BROS and a ZZR600 two moths ago.

ABS-like feeling means your disk is obviously bended. There is no way to
fully repair the disk, no matter what they say. If you can't afford a new
disk right now, try to repair this one, it will get slightly better, but
not as new. You don't have to replace both disks if you decide to buy a new
one, as long as it is the genuine one, I am not sure for the after market
ones, unless they have exactly the same dimensions.

Good luck,
George



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