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Old 19-04-2016, 11:39 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Dukedesmo View Post
I've got full-floating discs on both my Ducatis. I got an MOT advisory a couple of years back for the 916 (but not last year?) due to the amount of 'float'.

Funny how the original floaters float more (too much in the MOT tester's opinion) yet the converted don't, but it maybe due to them having alloy carriers rather than steel? Although I'm not sure if the wear is on the carriers or the buttons?
I had the same advisory a couple of times with a GSX-R I used to own a few years ago (same testing station but different tester)- the eventual wear on those brakes was on the alloy carrier.
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