2002 road king.
thinking of replacing my rotors. the front is worn and I have a dragging sound (not squealing) I need to check out. Anyway, looking on the internet I have seen rotors avaiable in differant materials. the polished stainless steel looks real nice. Does anyone have stainless steel rotors? Do you like them? How about chrome? Do you need a particualr material for brake pads with ss rotors? Also I have seen rotors north of $300[:'(] any sources for reasonably price parts? comments, wisecracks?
Thanks,
Jim

 

I have polished stainless rotors.They look great and work fine.
I gave $169 for them from HogPro.

As for chrome.You can get a 2 piece rotor that has a chrome
inner and a polished stainless outer.I know Pro-One makes them.
They are in the 275-300 neighborhood as you said.

Here's a link to a standard polished rotor on e-bay that's
at $49 as of right now.E-bay-Polished Rotor

You can get Russell polished SS for right at $90-100 apiece.
Pro-One offers one in that range as well.It's a basic rotor
with no design of course.

As for pads a lot of people swear by Lyndall Z-pads.

 

Chrome looks pretty but when the pads wear through the chromium on the rotor surface, you have a raw edge and the possibility of peeling exists then. I would say go with the polished SS.

 

It doesn't matter what the rotors are made of once the pads ride on it for several hundred miles the pretty is gonna be gone on the pad contact surface.

You would be better off with the SS. The chrome will look bad when it wears through

 

Look at the Russell rotors. full floters,SS.chrome centers and drilled.
same as H-D sells. standard on BadBoys. Were $160
I bought 3 for my bike and love them. EBC double HH pads
work great with them.