Calling all Metal Working Shops!!

OK, so I have a few questions. I have an X, I bought a set of R wheels with the intentions of making a rotor that would bolt to the R hub and would have the diameter of the X. Therefore I would not have to change the caliper every time I switched wheel sets.

So my question to all the metal workers, will this be possible? What is the actual metal that the rotor is made of? And will a one piece rotor still be safe? Any chance of warping...

It would not have to be fancy like the stock rotors. Just a nice circle, not a wave.

Thoughts?

Can't you just put an X rotor on the R wheels? Are they different? I wish I could tell you for sure, but I just sold my X this morning

The X rotor is bigger in diameter than the R. Actually there's a guy who's got a dirtted X that is using his X calipers/rotor with the R rims that were built. Looks pretty slick.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12959973&postcount=14237

Yes, they are very different. The hub is different, along with the rotor and caliper. Therefore, the bolt pattern for the rotors are also different. Pretty Lame!

SheWolf wrote:

The X rotor is bigger in diameter than the R. Actually there's a guy who's got a dirtted X that is using his X calipers/rotor with the R rims that were built. Looks pretty slick.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12959973&postcount=14237

That is pretty much the setup that Forrest is selling. Would be nice if I had an extra 1400 laying around. I figured I could pick up a set of R wheels cheap and make a rotor that would bolt to the R hub.

I was looking at some too for $1200, but the rims were camo so the price was higher.

Comparison of both rotors...


With them placed on top of each other. A top view of what a final product would look like.