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Since there seems to be quite a few people on here who aren’t quite sure about the differences between solid, semi floating, and full floating rotors. I’ll give three examples.
This is my girlfriends cbr. It has a sold rotor. Note there is only a bolt that pinches the rotor fast to the wheel with zero movement.
This is the ftr, exact same setup as the challenger and other bikes that share this rotor. It has a bolt, and a spring washer, the rotor holes are also elongated to allow for thermal expansion. There IS lateral movement.
Here is a rotor off my other bike. As you can see the rotor hub is hard mounted to the wheel. Then there is a set of floating rivets that holt the outer portion of the rotor in place, that is where the movement takes place.
There is debate over floating and full floating, full floating is clunky sounding and generally only used on race bikes.
Hope this was some what educational. As I can see how people confuse semi and non floating rotors.
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This is my girlfriends cbr. It has a sold rotor. Note there is only a bolt that pinches the rotor fast to the wheel with zero movement.
This is the ftr, exact same setup as the challenger and other bikes that share this rotor. It has a bolt, and a spring washer, the rotor holes are also elongated to allow for thermal expansion. There IS lateral movement.
Here is a rotor off my other bike. As you can see the rotor hub is hard mounted to the wheel. Then there is a set of floating rivets that holt the outer portion of the rotor in place, that is where the movement takes place.
There is debate over floating and full floating, full floating is clunky sounding and generally only used on race bikes.
Hope this was some what educational. As I can see how people confuse semi and non floating rotors.
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