Sold front brake rotors ?

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Sold front brake rotors ?

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I have been riding for over 20 years and always liked the Voyager. I was just looking over Craigslist recently, and I had no particular goal when I saw a 1988 Voyager for sale, $2,500 with 18,500 on the clock. Looks to be in good condition. One weird thing I saw was it has solid front disk brake rotors. I have never seen a solid rotor on a motorcycle. Was this a "thing" with the voyager?
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Your 20 yrs isn't nearly long enough. Both of my current road bikes have solid discs.
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That looks like some sort of disk cover??
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What you are seeing is the Markland optional accessory for the rotors. It is a chrome rotor cover.
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Nails wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:49 pm Your 20 yrs isn't nearly long enough. Both of my current road bikes have solid discs.
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Post by GrandpaDenny »

Markland rotor covers, eh? Cool (I think maybe). Nails, at first, without looking at the picture, I was thinking the same thing as you, one-piece as opposed to the newer two-piece floating rotors. However, looking at the photo, yeah, that looks indeed like a... solid disk. I'd never seen that disc cover before, only the ones that look like, well I hate to say it but it's true, Goldwing rotor covers.
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I was thinking solid as opposed to drilled.
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