12-10-2017, 10:23 PM
Jtopiso, you are right, brake cleaner helps.
Thop, giving the brakes a good bedding-in may also help. How? Warm up the brakes with normal riding for some kilometres, or miles if you have some of those on hand. Then, from around 100kph, make a heavy braking effort to reduce speed to about 20kph. Immediately up to 100kph then heavy braking to 20kph. About 10 of these emergency type stops and the pads should be well and truly mated to the disks, and quite warm. If not successful at least you have practiced emergency stops. Don't try this with an eighteen wheeler right up your clacker. Don't forget this type of heavy braking needs rear brake to keep things aligned and the shiny side up.
Cheers, and good luck.
Thop, giving the brakes a good bedding-in may also help. How? Warm up the brakes with normal riding for some kilometres, or miles if you have some of those on hand. Then, from around 100kph, make a heavy braking effort to reduce speed to about 20kph. Immediately up to 100kph then heavy braking to 20kph. About 10 of these emergency type stops and the pads should be well and truly mated to the disks, and quite warm. If not successful at least you have practiced emergency stops. Don't try this with an eighteen wheeler right up your clacker. Don't forget this type of heavy braking needs rear brake to keep things aligned and the shiny side up.
Cheers, and good luck.