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Hi all, just a quick question...
I was talking to a friend of mine thats pretty well into drag racing and he suggested I remove 1 of the front discs to save weight.
But my mechanic says I should leave it on coz he reckons Ill need the extra braking power....
Bike is a Blackbird with 12" extended swinger and nitrous...
Opinions please.....?
My professional opinion:
Brakes are for pussies! take em all off!
I think if you have to ask, you should leave it on.
lol, Thanks for that Iceman.... Ive done some racing before, just never tried to pull up from those speeds on a single disc.... Just looking for opinions on braking ability from the single....
For a drag bike you'd probably want to keep as much weight as possible over the front wheel and try to remove some weight from the rear of the bike.
How much time do you think you'll drop by taking it off? Most comp bike guys only run a single disc and they pull up fine, there is usually heaps of braking room at the tracks with the exception of some of the regional guys. You'll be fine. Just be sure that if you do do it, you give it a few trial runs before grabbing the anchors in anger to get used to the different feel.
Also... seeing as it is only 1 breaking per run, you aren't going to run into any heat problems that would normally be related to pushing a single disk that hard.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly guys, Thanks... Was planning a couple of 'easy' runs at first to get used to it anyway considering I havent ridden for almost a year now.
Fish: I doubt it'll keep the times down that much, but every little bit helps I guess....
Take both the front off and put a big one on the back :D
I think large ran a single disc on his drag bike zx12r
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quote:Originally posted by BANDITROD
I think large ran a single disc on his drag bike zx12r
cause the disc was bentto be coool.
Lot of the drag guys do it to lighten the front, I guess.
Yeah, I remeber seeing that..... What times did u end up running on that thing Large???