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How hot do the rotor centers get during braking?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:39 am
by kilika2
I'm wanting to paint my centers and I know I've seen it done. I was told that it would flake off if I just used regular body paint. Now I know powder coating is the way to go but I don't see why high temp paint wouldn't work. Do the centers get upwards of 500 degrees?
Chris.
Re: How hot do the rotor centers get during braking?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:23 am
by sweekster
Unless you're racing the bike where you would be doing a lot of heavy braking and going through a high amount of heat cycles then I think you don't have to worry. Did my rotor centers 2 years ago with regular old Krylon and they still look fine.
Re: How hot do the rotor centers get during braking?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:50 am
by kilika2
Thanks Duane. I kinda figured the same thing. The guy I was talking to was an HD rider. Maybe he grandmas the brake more than I do. Plus not to mention that his bike weighs 2x as much as mine.
Chris.
Re: How hot do the rotor centers get during braking?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:24 am
by yamaha_george
kilika2 wrote:I'm wanting to paint my centers and I know I've seen it done. I was told that it would flake off if I just used regular body paint. Now I know powder coating is the way to go but I don't see why high temp paint wouldn't work. Do the centers get upwards of 500 degrees?
Chris.
Chris,
the only way the heat would build up to any kind of temp, is a} pads dragging ,b} stop go city traffic where the rotor inner gets too hot to touch but not in my experience enough to burn paint off. I used to ride in the tropics where discs could be almost 90 degrees by sitting parked in the sun and I did blue one disc riding hard so after that I used black bbq paint on the centers to help disapate heat quicker.
Re: How hot do the rotor centers get during braking?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:33 pm
by thatkid
sweekster wrote:Unless you're racing the bike where you would be doing a lot of heavy braking and going through a high amount of heat cycles then I think you don't have to worry. Did my rotor centers 2 years ago with regular old Krylon and they still look fine.
But he's only ridden it twice since then!
Re: How hot do the rotor centers get during braking?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:35 pm
by kilika2
thatkid wrote:sweekster wrote:Unless you're racing the bike where you would be doing a lot of heavy braking and going through a high amount of heat cycles then I think you don't have to worry. Did my rotor centers 2 years ago with regular old Krylon and they still look fine.
But he's only ridden it twice since then!
I really really wanted to say something like this but I don't know Duane as well as you Nate. And I didn't want to tick him off cause he helps me out a lot.
Chris.