RE: 11" Rotors in the Rear?!?

[Khan Klatt <kmk@pacificrim.net>]

At 8:18 AM -0700 7/21/99, Tim Irwin wrote:
>Although I doubt they'd fit due to drive/non-drive hub differences, remember
>that your fronts due up to 80% of the braking. Increasing the braking power
>on the back without equivalent adjustments to the front brakes and/or the
>proportioning valve would simply result in your back brakes wanting to lock
>up all of the time (not sure how ABS would handle this). For a comparison on
>how much braking each end does, just look at the amount of brake dust on
>each wheel.

This is why I only put Mintex Red Box pads on my front wheels and not 
on back. First, there was no brake dust on the rears, and second, the 
backs don't do a lot of braking so the performance difference would 
be incremental.

-Khan