Check out these brakes

[mehaffydr]

Imagine my suprise when I was changing tires this past weekend preparing for the upcoming NSR rally. I looked at the rear brake pads and this is what I saw.

So here it is Monday morning I have to go to Cape Girardeau MO. on Thursday and this is what my bike looks like as of this morning.

Just called the Stealer and lucky me the pads are in stock.

 

[Leskid]

well, more steel than lining is never a good sign.

Good thing you checked!

How's the front?

 

[Foxhuntr]

How many miles on those pads??

 

[mehaffydr]

How many miles on those pads??

bike has 34XXX and I am sure those are original. The front are good I had changed them a while back.

 

[Fingerflicker]

Wow! Good thing you caught that! :blink:

 

[Crash Cash]

Why did you have to remove the wheel? Did it eat the rotor? Edit: Never mind, didn't see the "changing tires" bit...

 

[BikerGeek99]

BTDT.

On the way to EOM last fall, we went to Freedom Powersports to have a new rear tire slapped on.

The service dude came out to where we were waiting and said, "Uh, our mechanic just saw that you don't have any rear brakes left. None. It's down to metal."

EEK! Luckily I rarely use the rear brake.

So they replaced 'em.

A few minutes later the service guy came back out and said, "Uh, after seeing your rear brakes, our mechanic just checked your front brakes. They're really thin. You have maybe another 100 miles on them."

So they replaced those, too.

All in all, they had us in and out in under 45 minutes, with a new rear tire installed, and front & rear brakes, for under $200.

Moral of the story - check your front brakes, too.

At the time I had about 50,XXX miles on the clock. I figure the fronts lasted about 25K each set, and the rears were original.

 

[user 213]

BTDT.
EEK! Luckily I rarely use the rear brake.

At the time I had about 50,XXX miles on the clock. I figure the fronts lasted about 25K each set, and the rears were original.

I beg to differ. You use your brakes a lot.

At 90k I replaced the front pads. Still had some wear left, not quite to the 'done' level. At 107k I replace the rear pads. Both of these were the first replacements.

Glad the OP caught the pads before the rally. Sparks are bad! A good caution for all of us to take a good look around any time we are doing bike maintenance.

For those wearing out brake pads before 80k - Riding the PACE

 

[mehaffydr]

Just returned from Cycle gear with new EBC pads. Get them on tonight and get these routes planned. :yahoo:

 

[Harald]

For those wearing out brake pads before 80k - Riding the PACE

I guess I really need the pace because my rears were toast at 24,000 miles and the fronts are close.

Actually, The pace doesn't work very well when commuting in traffic and in-town riding with lots of stop signs.

 

[user 213]

For those wearing out brake pads before 80k - Riding the PACE

I guess I really need the pace because my rears were toast at 24,000 miles and the fronts are close.

Actually, The pace doesn't work very well when commuting in traffic and in-town riding with lots of stop signs.

Sorry to hear that. I don't commute with the FJR. A. It's only 5 miles, and B. I bought the bike to enjoy it. 24k? I wonder if that's a record? :dribble:

 

[BikerGeek99]

I beg to differ. You use your brakes a lot.

Nah. At that point I had only owned the FJR for a few months and maybe 4,000 miles.

Whoever the original owner was used the brakes a lot. (The second owner only put 400 miles on it the year he owned it.)

 

[mehaffydr]

Bike is back together in Rally Ready mode. will be leaving Thursday morning

 

[Cdogman]

Well I'll be go to hell...

That damm thing has rear brakes..

Wonder if mine did..

Whoda thunkit **shaking head**

 

[n1acguy]

I hardly ever touch the rear brake unless it's a low speed maneuver. Are they wearing out because of the linked brakes? I guess I would rear brake more if 2 up, but I'm mostly solo. Just curious. I've never had to replace rear brakes on a bike.

 

[RsvlFeej]

Just returned from Cycle gear with new EBC pads. Get them on tonight and get these routes planned. :yahoo:

Keep a close eye on the EBC pads. Got less than half the wear out of them compared to OEM on the fronts (10K vs 25K miles)

 

[Leskid]

Well I'll be go to hell...
That damm thing has rear brakes..

Wonder if mine did..

Whoda thunkit **shaking head**

since I started reading this, that's what I've been thinking.... and I'm recently reformed goldwing rider! The entire time I rode that aspencade with those infernal linked brakes, I cursed as I actually HAD to use the rear pedal

nb: on my aspenbarge, the front brake lever only engaged one of the front discs (?!). The rear pedal engaged the rear (duh) and the second front disc. So no matter what, you NEEDED to use the rear pedal.

whoever thought that was engineering PROGRESS has hopefully since been summarily executed.

 

[meosborn]

BTDT.
EEK! Luckily I rarely use the rear brake.

At the time I had about 50,XXX miles on the clock. I figure the fronts lasted about 25K each set, and the rears were original.

I beg to differ. You use your brakes a lot.

At 90k I replaced the front pads. Still had some wear left, not quite to the 'done' level. At 107k I replace the rear pads. Both of these were the first replacements.

Glad the OP caught the pads before the rally. Sparks are bad! A good caution for all of us to take a good look around any time we are doing bike maintenance.

For those wearing out brake pads before 80k - Riding the PACE

That does sound like a lot of fun. I just replaced my brakes and they probably had about 35k on them. I really don't like replacing pads and not being able to resuface the rotors. But, I don't have the cash to replace rotors every time I change pads.

 

[Intech]

BTDT.
EEK! Luckily I rarely use the rear brake.

At the time I had about 50,XXX miles on the clock. I figure the fronts lasted about 25K each set, and the rears were original.

I beg to differ. You use your brakes a lot.

At 90k I replaced the front pads. Still had some wear left, not quite to the 'done' level. At 107k I replace the rear pads. Both of these were the first replacements.

Glad the OP caught the pads before the rally. Sparks are bad! A good caution for all of us to take a good look around any time we are doing bike maintenance.

For those wearing out brake pads before 80k - Riding the PACE

Awesome article!