Saw an interesting comment after a Motoresto video. The commenter had a C14 brake pulse problem at 3000 miles. My bike did about the same. Kawasaki replaced his rotors (they also replaced mine). Pulsing came back after a few thousand miles.
The commenter fixed his problem by removing and retorquing the rotors. I installed EBC rotors, and carefully torqued them to spec in the crosswise manner that should be used. Pulsing has been gone for over 10,000 miles now. I thought the new rotors fixed the problem. Maybe it was the installation, not the rotors.
This explanation seems a bit far-fetched, but I don't have a better one. At some point I'll reinstall the last set of OEM rotors to find out if in fact they are OK. If anyone else encounters a front brake pulse issue, it would be interesting to find out if in fact poor installation is the root cause.
The commenter fixed his problem by removing and retorquing the rotors. I installed EBC rotors, and carefully torqued them to spec in the crosswise manner that should be used. Pulsing has been gone for over 10,000 miles now. I thought the new rotors fixed the problem. Maybe it was the installation, not the rotors.
This explanation seems a bit far-fetched, but I don't have a better one. At some point I'll reinstall the last set of OEM rotors to find out if in fact they are OK. If anyone else encounters a front brake pulse issue, it would be interesting to find out if in fact poor installation is the root cause.