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Brembo Rotors
From the early
1970's, Brembo has been at the forefront of brake disc
research and development for competition and production. Brembo's
long experience with all types of rotor material (cast-iron, steel,
stainless-steel, alu- minum, and, most recently, carbon-fiber)
assures you of the best-quality discs for your needs, as well
as the latest in proven technology (Brembo has offered
fixed iron discs for production use since 1973 and competition-grade
floating iron discs for general use since 1982!). Whether building
all-out racing machinery or fine production motorcycles, Grand
Prix teams and Manufacturers around the World demand Brembo.
Should you settle for anything less?
Motorquality,
in conjunction with Brembo, produces a wide range of discs
to fit a variety of makes and models. From one-piece iron discs
to floating-iron on beautifully made anodized carriers, chances
are there are motorquality discs for your machine. available for:
Benelli, Bimota, BMW, Cagiva, Ducati, H-D, Honda, Kawasaki, Laverda,
Moto Guzzi, Suzuki, Triumph, and Yamaha.
A
word about rotor materials and brake pads
Many
Brembo rotors come in ‘MeehaniteTM’ cast-iron, chosen for
its superior friction coefficient, high-heat and moisture-absorbtion
capabilities, and overall durability. The relatively "soft" nature
of cast-iron gives it many of its outstanding properties, and
as such, requires proper brake pads to function correctly. (Making
brake pads that provide great stopping power isn’t technically
difficult if the life of the brake disc isn’t considered. To make
pads that provide great stopping power and don’t damage discs
is technically difficult, and requires extensive R&D that only
a firm with the size and expertise of Brembo can provide).
Brembo ‘MeehaniteTM’ cast-iron discs must be used only
with Brembo brake pads or pads approved by Brembo
or TAW to avoid premature wear or damage (indeed, mq/Brembo
discs starting with part number "18.-" are supplied with approved
pads). Brembo and TAW will not be responsible for disc
damage resulting from use of non-approved brake pads!
Full-floating
PATENT-Steel
A result of
years of intensive development with the leading World GP and Superbike
teams, this new, brembo-exclusive material promises improved durability
with the same weight and performance advantages of cast-iron discs.
Floating on billet- aluminum carriers and offered in very limited
availability to legitimate National-Championship level racing
efforts. New for ‘98- Floating PATENT- Steel discs for street-OEM
applications. Call for details!
One
or Two-piece Stainless Steel (OEM-type)
Have a current
Ducati or other sporting European steed and need exact replacements
for your OEM stainless discs? Looking to convert a 750SS or Monster
stock front single-disc setup to a double configuration? We have
the exact, steel-on-steel front rotors and one-piece rear types,
at very affordable prices!
245mm
for Ducati Rear Application
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240mm
for Ducati Rear
Application, 916/900E to '94
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240mm
for Ducati Rear Application, 916 '95 up |
220mm
Aprilia RSV/Mille Rear Application |
220mm
ApriliaRear Application |
Cast
Iron Rotors
Brembo
no longer makes Cast Iron Rotors, but TAW can still get them,
in limited availablity, from other sources. Give us a call at
303-456-5544.
Full-Floating
Cast-Iron
The original, highest-quality cast-iron rotors,
floating on hard-anodized alloy buttons and anodized-gold billet-aluminum
carriers. Produced by brembo for general usage since 1982, these
discs are renowned for their countless race wins, World GP and
Superbike championships, and outstanding price-performance ratio.
They are available in a broad range of direct-replacement applications
for European & Japanese sport machinery as well as for specialized
racing needs. Should anything less than race-proven mq/brembo
discs be stopping YOUR bike?
Two-piece
Fixed Cast-Iron
A lightweight
design seen in racing and European OEM usage in the 1970’s-80’s.
For some older applications, mq/brembo have found the cost & complexity
of floating discs to be unnecessary to provide a maximum of braking
performance. In these instances, mq/brembo offer their high-grade
cast-iron rotors fixed to anodized billet-aluminum carriers. As
with all mq/brembo discs, these are a perfect bolt-on fitment.
One-piece
Fixed Cast-Iron
Found in European
OEM use in offset or flat disc form through the 1980’s, and still
available for several applications. As an alternative to the flat,
one-piece stainless-steel OE discs now in wide use on European
& Japanese machinery that incorporate the the disc carriers with
the wheel hub, mq/brembo cast-iron replacements offer genuine
braking improvement at an affordable price!
What
about Carbon-Carbon discs?
There
is no doubt that the highest-performance disc/pad materials are
required for travelling that rare area that few ever venture -
World GP Championship racing. Currently, those materials are carbon-carbon.
There is also no doubt that Brembo leads the world in research
and development of high-performance braking systems, including
carbon-carbon installations.
At present development levels, however, carbon-carbon discs function
best only in the extreme temperature ranges generated by World-class
competition-in other words, the same discs that repeatedly and
effectively slow an NSR500 from 180+mph wouldn’t be hot enough
to stop a 600F3 from 35mph for a child running into traffic (...unless
one had warning enough to start braking much earlier than with
stock equipment - say a city block or so...). Even for racing
in many non-GP championships, carbon-carbon is banned due to its
present high cost.
Will brembo carbon-carbon systems be generally available anytime
soon? That question remains in doubt. But brembo carbon-carbon
brakes, when and if they appear, will have the same all-around
reliability, usability, high performance and integrity of engineering
that has hallmarked brembo brake systems since 1961.
And there’s no doubt about that.
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