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RE: Parts fail - Bazbro_imp - 06-29-2019
I rarely use the brakes on my Beemer.
So much so that it is still on the original pads and shoes... Since 1992! I've never had to change them.
Mind you, I get massive engine braking (cr upped to 10.5-1) and using 'anticipation' I often just don't need to brake.
RE: Parts fail - the Ferret - 06-29-2019
same brakes since 1992?
that's 27 years! How many miles are on the bike?
RE: Parts fail - Bazbro_imp - 06-29-2019
Only about 50000.
RE: Parts fail - Cormanus - 06-29-2019
Geez, Bazbro, the only way I could make a set of pads go that long is stop the bike by running into things.
In support of LongRanger, I can change the brake pads on the CB, so anyone can.
RE: Parts fail - SportsterDoc - 06-29-2019
(06-29-2019, 04:55 AM)Bazbro_imp Wrote: I rarely use the brakes on my Beemer.
So much so that it is still on the original pads and shoes... Since 1992! I've never had to change them.
Mind you, I get massive engine braking (cr upped to 10.5-1) and using 'anticipation' I often just don't need to brake.
Anticipation is good...slowing for a traffic signal to minimize stopped time when it gets warmer here is a good thing!
105,000 miles for first pad change on previous 4 wheel vehicle and they could have gone more than 7 years...lot of highway driving.
I replaced front pads on 76 CB750F once in ~40K miles...simply because I had them...not that they were needed. Tires and chains were much more frequent.
RE: Parts fail - Charlie Bravo_imp - 07-04-2019
So, got the pads. I pull the old ones out, and SOB, they have fifty percent left. I put the new ones in, but kept the old ones. Won't do the fronts yet, tho.