03-03-2019, 11:17 AM
(02-28-2019, 08:46 PM)jimgl3_imp Wrote: like I said, it could mean you just don't ride it enough.
the reason the rear squeals is because it's not used as much.
since I got my Harley my Honda brakes started squealing. it's oxidation on the pads plain and simple.
it is possible.
can some 17 EX daily commuters weigh in please? do your brakes squeal? I'm guessing not...
Your guess would be wrong. I put about 12-15,000 miles on my bikes per year, didn't have this problem on my '14.
I continue to daily commute in LA on my '17, and have noticed it continuously for the 2,000 miles or so I've put on it in the 2 months I've owned it despite swapping the pads (left to right and vice-versa), thorough cleaning of the calipers, and applying CRC Brake-quiet. The brake grease worked for about a day, it seemed like, but that's it. Eventually I also filed down the edges of the pads as I saw someone recommended that to VLJ. That actually seems to have reduced the squealing and my ABS hasn't errored since I did that, but didn't fix the noise entirely.
Also, Ferret, I think it may ruin your riding experience a bit more if that squealing was associated with malfunctioning ABS as I suspect mine is! I finally got the new sintered HH pads in and on the bike and that seems to have worked but I've only been able to ride around the neighborhood so far.