# Anyone know a shop that can professional hone motorcycle brake rotors?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-a-shop-that-can-professional-hone-motorcycle-brake-rotors/267485 "2013-07-29T09:19:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-a-shop-that-can-professional-hone-motorcycle-brake-rotors/267485/7 "2013-07-29T16:14:45Z")

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> [@Gundamzeppelin"](#):
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> there is a tool for this that i hear GOOD things about

Yeah, that flex-hone tool.

> [@No Front Plate Ticket frowning](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-front-plate-ticket/53195/32):
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> Yeah, honing the center bore, or grinding the friction surface? First I could do pending rotor size, second really requires either a magnetic table blanchard grinder, or a jig to properly hold the rotor true to a regular blanchard grinder(IE flywheel surfacer)
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> Gotta be withing a few ten thou or first time you grab brake you’ll wish you didn’t 😃

The friction surface. When I changed brake compound, I did not have it done and they are now a little glazed. Brake still works great, but I know it can work better. For car rotors all you need is the flex-hones tool and the brake lath, but bike rotors are a bit different due to mounting and width.

Just like you said adam, you almost need a rig with some kind of a turn table underneath a drill press with the flex-hone attached to do it proper.

![http://i.imgur.com/Lzv19go.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/4/346e367a6d43d23364dd02042bd2ebbc7424e6db.jpeg)

A bunch of racers told me they do it by hand with sand paper and in a specific pattern, but it is a long process to do it right…

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