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ABE All bike engineering
« on: 27 March 2017, 12:53:07 pm »
Has any of you experienced brake disks from ABE?  UK manufactured (apparently)  for the 600 they're priced at £110 each.  Surely must be better than going Chinese.
Other options are EBC @ £149 each+post
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having mine straightened @ £60 pair   great option except my disks are measuring 3.4mm


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« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2017, 01:06:46 pm »
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Re: ABE All bike engineering
« Reply #2 on: 27 March 2017, 01:16:41 pm »
Would've thought 3.4mm is way too thin anyway, not that i would ever consider having them straightened.
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Re: ABE All bike engineering
« Reply #3 on: 27 March 2017, 01:38:08 pm »
Yeah 3.4mm is too thin   service limit is 3.5mm   :\ 
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Re: ABE All bike engineering
« Reply #4 on: 27 March 2017, 01:56:39 pm »
I fitted an ABE disk to the back of my Tiger. No issues that I can tell.
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Re: ABE All bike engineering
« Reply #5 on: 27 March 2017, 07:50:34 pm »
Both of these companies are spot on. I haven't bought discs from either, but ABE rebuilt a rear shock on my GS1150, and Maidstone Motoliner straightened a rim and a rear subframe. Would recommend either.
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« Reply #6 on: 27 March 2017, 08:44:30 pm »


ABE refurbished two sets of Honda front rotors and re-buttoned them to their carriers for me, terrific job. Their fork stanchions are good too.
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« Reply #7 on: 28 March 2017, 12:48:30 pm »
Cheers for the comments have just collected  a pair from ABE  :)
Now to break through  the loctite and get the old ones off.
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« Reply #8 on: 29 March 2017, 11:27:50 am »
Good luck with that, it's a horrible job if it doesn't go well :(

I currently have all 6 studs on the rear wheel snapped, which now require drilling out
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« Reply #9 on: 29 March 2017, 12:58:04 pm »
Luckily with wheel in situ and brake on  11 bolts cracked free with extension pipe on Allen key  8)
and then came the twelth  :rolleyes  this one decided to round off  so rather than make worse i've  taken the wheel to local yam shop  :'(  Hopefully be able to collect soon
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« Reply #10 on: 29 March 2017, 01:24:37 pm »
Quote from: midden on 29 March 2017, 12:58:04 pm
Luckily with wheel in situ and brake on  11 bolts cracked free with extension pipe on Allen key  8)
and then came the twelth  :rolleyes  this one decided to round off  so rather than make worse i've  taken the wheel to local yam shop  :'(  Hopefully be able to collect soon
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Re: ABE All bike engineering
« Reply #11 on: 05 April 2017, 08:02:03 pm »
Bit late I know, but used them a while ago to get a shock refurbed for my wife's CBF500. Did good job, turned it round pretty quick, no complaints.

They were in process of moving workshops at the time (Nov 2016 ish), I presume their in a big new building now?
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