Stainless brake discs

[Sidcar]

I saw these on eBay. I like the price, one discs is £160 over here, but I’m not sure about having a brake disc made of stainless steel. Anyone using these?

Sid

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353980724380 ... %3A2047675

[offcenter]

It says, "Doesn't post to the United States".

[Sidcar]

Ain’t it always the way.

Sid

[Gordcode4]

Doesn’t ship to Canada either

[reddeth]

I found these on eBay, of course when sourcing cheap Chinese manufactured parts it's hard to actually know who made it, but the specs and (claimed) metal are the same, they could be the same parts/manufacturer: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175370305933

I have not tried them. I'm very on the fence about cheap/eBay sourced parts, especially for brakes, but I also admit I don't think I can bring myself to drop $600+ on a set of new OEM rotors lol. I figure I have time to decide before my brakes are due again.

[Sidcar]

This time it’s the UK they don’t ship to.

Sid

[plain]

It's going to depend on how much nickel they have. If there's too much the rotor could start fretting (micro-chunks). These little pieces of nickel are what cause threaded stainless piping to gall up. If you can find a hardness number and find the hardness number of OEM and they're close they are probably good. Or, you could just take a chance on them and if they look like a typical rotor after about 500 miles or so they're probably okay.

[luftkoph]

Are not most all motorcycle rotors stainless steel? Seems like some older Guzzis had iron rotors that rusted all the time.

[luftkoph]

On a ZRX Kawasaki a bunch of guys used Arashi rotors and had no problems with them.