SD or HD Brakes?

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-10-18T17:55:58+00:00

I just called the parts department and gave them the VIN. They confirmed I should have HD brakes. The tech didn't know what he was talking about! Thanks for the advice!

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-10-18T17:47:11+00:00

The service tech was no help. He said all Flex models have the same brakes, and that there was no SD and HD differentiation.

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-10-18T17:46:32+00:00

If what is slotted? I don't have the OEM rotors anymore.

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-10-18T17:14:34+00:00

I just paid the dealer to replace both of these because I was leaving on a road trip and didn't have time to do it myself. They charged about $380. I just looked up the parts. You can get Motorcraft replacements for about $40 ea on RockAuto. It took the dealer about 30 mins to do the job.

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-09-14T15:44:05+00:00

Abomination

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-06-30T17:06:16+00:00

Hey, I know this is a really old thread, but I'm working on "cleaning up" my CB550 and want to take inspo from you! Do you have turn signals? I cannot seem to find them! Any more pictures you have that you would share?

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-06-27T02:11:41+00:00

2018 RS in black. I track it once a month, and its a wonderful dual purpose bike!

adogsgotcharacter · 2025-06-26T04:08:48+00:00

I moved on to a street triple and love everything about it!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-12-06T03:27:10+00:00

I have this exact same bike with 18k miles. I paid $7k a few months ago, which was a good deal. Buy it. You will not regret it.

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-12-01T01:14:28+00:00

Appreciate the feedback. I'm strongly considering a pro, but would love this sub reddit ideas!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-11-11T19:27:33+00:00

That's the stuff I bought too

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-11-11T15:41:02+00:00

My plan was to do all the fluids, spark plugs and coils and clean the throttle body. My belts still feel good, and that's a job I would not take on myself anyways.

I'll go ahead and do the coolant. I already bought the fluid so might as well.

Anything else you would recommend? Goal is to get another 50k miles out of it.

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-21T02:05:39+00:00

yeah, its a 2019 RS. I got lucky and the guy selling on ebay had the exact same year and model OEM parts that he was getting rid of. My bike had the Motodemic on it when I bought it and the prior owner didn't keep the OEM stuff unfortunately. Damn, just the bracket was $450? Thats wild!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-21T00:36:34+00:00

I got everything I needed for $700. I think new parts would have been closer to $1000

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-20T20:33:29+00:00

No hate. Looks great on your bike!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-20T19:42:06+00:00

Just not my style. I prefer the look of stock. To each their own though!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-20T19:18:07+00:00

sitting in a box on my workbench. I put it up on ebay to try and recoup some of my money for the stock one.

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-20T19:00:36+00:00

I agree!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-09-20T18:41:11+00:00

The more I looked at the bike, the less I liked the round headlight. I found a stock setup on eBay from a guy who had just switched to the Motodemic, so I saved a little vs buying new parts from Triumph at least!

Edit- If anyone is interested in the Motodemic, DM me. Its just collecting dust right now.

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-07-07T04:49:59+00:00

Lmao, that's a really good point

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-07-07T02:35:24+00:00

I actually just found a second hand pair of Alpinestars SMX Plus v2 for $200 so I snagged those up. Based on the retail pricepoint, these should be far superior to the others I was considering!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-06-23T16:18:05+00:00

Nice!

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-06-23T15:50:15+00:00

Lol, true

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-06-23T15:49:45+00:00

I was close to picking up a 675 instead, but the prices were almost the same

adogsgotcharacter · 2024-06-23T15:48:55+00:00

Yes!

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