Recent content by apnford

I know the rotors are left as 1 piece for chroming. The braking surface is covered during the chrome process to protect it. Had around 40 pieces chromed. The rotors are ~$50 each to get chromed. all other parts are in great shape. I guess the stress of the stoppies caused the cracks. Is it...

I got Lo-Jack when I bought mine. I'm In Houston. The Dealer installed it for $150 and the Lo-Jack is a 1 time fee of $700. It comes with a key fob for the key chain so if the bike moves and the key fob isn't with it then Lo-Jack calls you and tells you your bike is being stolen. Then you call...

I looked into painting my black parts orange. A friend at a shop directed me to a website (that I can't remember) that gives all the paint codes for motorcycles. These Busas are painter with primer, then a black base, then the candy orange from the factory. Probobly going to be hard to match the...

Here is my bike also

Here is the rotor hard to see the crack. its not in the braking surface, its coming from the rivit area.

what do you think caused the cracks???

I have a 1 year old 2008 orange busa with 6K+ miles on it. I had the front rotors (and a lot of other parts) chromed. After mastering Wheelies on it I started doing Stoppies on it. Last time I rode I heard a little brake noise so I took off the calipers, pads look good but I noticed a few cracks...