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16.5" wheels, quick release hydraulic lines....someone is racing that thing, somewhere. Like, let me guess....MotoGP, where the spec front tire size is 125/600R16.5 and carbon rotors are legal? And the team...hmm, tough one. Blue livery.....Suzuki??

brake system from a factory MotoGP bike. I'm sure it costs more than I can imagine, and I can imagine quite a bit!
 
the thing I find most interesting is the air duct. carbon rotors need to be hot. I wonder which track this is set up for. Some tracks, the teams will actually put covers over the rotors to insulate them from the cooling effect of air to keep temps up. And I know that this weekend's race in Motegi, they have to run a different size rotor - I forget if it's bigger or smaller, because the type of braking on the track is so different from other tracks on the calendar.
 
kismetcapitan said:
the thing I find most interesting is the air duct. carbon rotors need to be hot. I wonder which track this is set up for. Some tracks, the teams will actually put covers over the rotors to insulate them from the cooling effect of air to keep temps up. And I know that this weekend's race in Motegi, they have to run a different size rotor - I forget if it's bigger or smaller, because the type of braking on the track is so different from other tracks on the calendar.
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its for Motegi and many teams run this air duct set up for this track.
 
Unfortunately I do not race and its much more difficult to judge such stuff if you are not at 10 10ths. The Dragon .... stops like ...., turns like .... and accelerate like .... so I am sure it makes a positive contribution, I would like a bit more bite upfront and will go for a softer brake pad when I have to change. Keep in mind both the BST cf rims and the SICOM disks drop rotational mass. The BST rims drop about 400 to 500 grams per wheel compared to the forged Marcheschinis she had and the SICOMs drop more than 1000 grams per disk compared to the standard steel disks she had. Both the SST wheels and SICOM disks would have an influence on all of the above. :D
 
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tadashi said:
Braking distances should be about the same right? Only fade points should change?
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Theoretically brake points should shorten as most of the >2000 grams of lost rotational mass sits at the 300 to 330 mm radius with reference to the SICOM rotors. The lost rotational mass re the BST wheels will sit even further away from the axis. :D
 
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kismetcapitan said:
the thing I find most interesting is the air duct. carbon rotors need to be hot. I wonder which track this is set up for. Some tracks, the teams will actually put covers over the rotors to insulate them from the cooling effect of air to keep temps up. And I know that this weekend's race in Motegi, they have to run a different size rotor - I forget if it's bigger or smaller, because the type of braking on the track is so different from other tracks on the calendar.
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To me, it looks like that duct is to cool the CALIPER..!! Not the disk. Interesting. Keep the heat in the disk, but cool the caliper.
 
80shilling said:
To me, it looks like that duct is to cool the CALIPER..!! Not the disk. Interesting. Keep the heat in the disk, but cool the caliper.
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I think you are correct on that. Motegi is where they run the big 340's, it's actually mandated now as opposed to optional like it used to be.
 

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