Getting a set of new rotors isn’t exactly the most thrilling of components to be working on, but when IPM was sent a set of carbon fiber Brake Tech rotors, our jaws dropped from the onset of breaking them out the box. Black, manufactured carbon fiber floating rotors with red gussets to match the red Beringer calipers was a perfect fit for the Daytona. Now, before we could get all wild about strapping ‘em in, we needed to do so some comparative work to keep track of what a difference the set of rotors would make. Is the price of losing three pounds of weight worth two thousand dollars?

We chose the Daytona 675 over the Street Triple because realistically, the application of performance equipment belongs on a bike meant for the track. We chose a small stretch of clean road I knew of, so we could mark our stopping distances and come back to and compared with the Break Tech ones. It’s was nice to have Matt to compare with, as he has a good two hundred pounds on me, so we know how rider weight can make a difference. Our main limitation was space, as we could only had enough room to max out our stopping speed at around 50 mph. We broke the test down into a set of 25, 35 and 50 mph stops.

Once we had our stock brake distances marked out, we returned to the garage to swap out for the CMC rotors. An easy install, but we had to swap out our red Beringer calipers for the gold Nissins on the Street Triple and re-bleed the lines (again!). So match for a match. We weighed out the two rotors and I returned to our marked strip of road to record the difference. Now, we’re not scientists and don’t have a lot of fancy equipment to record our exact distances and weights, but after doing about 10 sets of brake stops we were able to shave off about 30 feet from our fastest endo. An impressive feat to be sure.

As I mentioned, the application of these rotors lies at the track. At a gastly price of two grand you’ve got to be serious (and sponsored) about reducing your weight. For riding in around town, you are better off sticking to something more affordable as the difference in stopping distances is negligible. I took the bike out for a couple of days for practical use, hence the boo-boo. I liked showing them off to my buddies and was able to get a real sense of their true stopping power, coming down from the off ramps. There was a little bit of a squeak the carbon fiber emits, but because we were given a set of lightly used Ferodo brake pads we weren’t able to break them in ourselves and I give that up to individual instillation. In end, we were sad to see these bad ass rotors go but we don’t have track bike money (yet). If you’re looking to make the difference when you’re hitting the bends at 150, Brake Tech is definitely the way to go.

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