Herre's my two cents on the missing rotor...
Looks Great! And will work just fine 99% of the time. (Maybe 100, depending on your riding style.)
Due to:
Your stopping capability is NOT limited by your brakes. It is limited to the traction on the front wheel. If you have enough brake to lock that wheel up, you are maxxed out on brake needs... That having been said, that braking capabilty actually FADES with extreme heat. So, the first time you stop, it works great, 4th and 5th too, most likely. BUT, if you are tooling down the 299, heavy braking going into repeated corners, your brakes are going to start fading, and you will first need increased brake pressure, and then they will fail altogether. It all depends on how hard you ride. If I wall hitting the dragon, I'd want both rotors. Here in Oregon where I seldom hit the road real hard 'casue there just aren't that many highly entertaining roads, one rotor will probably do just fine.
I split the line off of the left side rotor and rode with just the one rotor actuated for a month or so to see the difference, and under normal riding conditions there was no discernable difference. When I took her out to Green Peter and really wrung it out, I discovered that the front end started to fade noticably.
Bottom line, for my opinion, is: either way is fine, depending on how you ride. Getting the most braking available out of your tire is the secret to a good stop, and that's a matter of riding and stopping experience. As long as you stay inside the level of your skills and riding style, either brake will do the trick for every day riding. It's the perennial hot-rodder in us that will bite us in the a$$
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