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Hi there,
I was washing my CB and, as always, looked in every corner to see any problem.
My front brake pads are very very thin and just after 8000km !!
I called my mechanic who was so surprised he asked me to show him the motorcycle.
Indeed the pads are used a lot.
It is even more shocking because at the 6000km service he said the pads were already 50% used.
Does anyone had a similar problem ?
I hear a light and uneven sound when I ride, has anyone the same light sound ?
I plan to go on a road trip next week, hope to find and fix the problem before that !
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I changed front and rear pads at 14,000 km. The second set (Brembo sinter) seems to last longer.
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I did a search and found one member got about the same mileage you did and some with mileage like Django. And you did say you use the brakes a lot. They are wear items and if you ride hard, well are going to wear them out
At least they are pretty cheap.
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I have just under 19,000 miles on mine. Plan on changing them out at next oil change or when I get tires whichever comes first.
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I put new rear pads on my bike when I purchased it around 7,000 miles (11,265 km). I am now at 20,000 miles (32,186 km) and it looks like I need to replace both front and rear soon.
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(03-12-2016, 03:43 AM)Paul_imp Wrote: Hi there,
I was washing my CB and, as always, looked in every corner to see any problem.
My front brake pads are very very thin and just after 8000km !!
I called my mechanic who was so surprised he asked me to show him the motorcycle.
Indeed the pads are used a lot.
It is even more shocking because at the 6000km service he said the pads were already 50% used.
Does anyone had a similar problem ?
I hear a light and uneven sound when I ride, has anyone the same light sound ?
I plan to go on a road trip next week, hope to find and fix the problem before that !
I hear this from my front brakes. Not sure which rotor it's coming from, but it's like the pad lightly rubs the rotor once a rotation. I would assume it's a slightly warped rotor? I have no pulsing when braking so I haven't really worried about it. I only hear the noise when going slow through something like a parking lot when the sound reflects off parked cars. It's very quiet though.
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I do ride a lot in Paris and so use the brakes every 10 meters. But 8000Km still is quite fast! Particularly when I look at your answers.
Olekzap, thanks I feel less alone
I am going to change the pads this Saturday and I asked the mechanic to look closely if he sees any problem with the brakes system.
I keep you posted
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Has much to do with where you ride as how. When I lived in Jacksonville and commuted daily in traffic, I was lucky to get 20K miles out of pads on my P/U. Brake pads on bikes wore out fast also.
Living in very rural south Georgia now it's not unusual to get 100K miles on pads for a P/U and 20K or better on the bike. My Nissan P/U has 92K now and the pads still look good for another 10K.
