Brake pad wear?

[Polarbear]

3500 miles on my Trophy and got a advisory on brake pads on the rear which seems rather ludicrous.

It's got linked brakes but don't see how that would affect it. Front are fine. Tester said the rear wasn't dragging at all.

Anyone had that sort of wear on their brake pads or got any ideas?

I don't ride with my foot on the brake pedal either.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

Check for yourself and draw your own conclusion.

[Polarbear]

^^^What ?^^^

Yes, the tester showed me, I had to get up from my chair, put down my mug of tea and amble over to the bike to have a look. I don't need to look again.

I'm curious if anyone has any ideas or come across pads that have worn so quickly?

Otherwise I'll just stick some new pads in, no big deal.

Then I'll tell everyone how the workshop smelt of minge, even though the only female in there was on a 20 year old Pirelli calender. You'd like that.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Linked brake system I presume is activating the rear a bit when you use the front. If so it might well increase wear.

All the best

Katy
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[Beehive Bedlam]

What pads? 3-5K is normal for soft compound pads try using gears. Noob.

[Polarbear]

[Fin]

That's a lot of miles if you ask me.

MTB brake pads can wear away in a couple of rides and they are almost the same price.

It also depends how you ride and what sort of riding you do obviously. If you be a racer then pads will wear fast, if you ride a 4 stroke along motorways then they'll last a long time.

[Kickstart]

Hi

Is a bit odd. 3500 is nothing for bike brakes on most bikes. From that description, possible it could be doing something strange when pulling the front brake. Good luck debugging that!

All the best

Katy
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[Polarbear]

I just dug out the brake circuit from the Triumph site

https://www.worldoftriumph.com/triumph_motorcycle_parts_locator.php?block_01=&block_02=100061479-0-2&block_03=621910


New pads it is then !
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[Itchy]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[M.C]

[Loui5D]

3500 miles is nothing, i'd expect your pads to least 3-4x that amount.

I'd advise you take the pads out and to see if there's any markings on it to see what make/brand they are.

[el_oso]

I've had cheap soft compound pads wear within 5-6k on a non-linked brake system. Is this possibly a problem you have?
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[yen_powell]

I had a Varadero with linked brakes, the rears wore at an alarming rate.

Now I have unlinked brakes on my Versys and the rear pads are only just nearing the end of their life at 37,000 miles. I use both front and brakes so no idea why they have lasted so long.

My shortest rear brake pad life was 80 miles on my DR350, a day of heavy clay and waterlogged green lanes.
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[Rogerborg]

The fronts on my Nazi Tractor are on the way out again, at under 2000 miles, again. EBC and now Brembo. Seals were replaced, pistons cleaned, disc doesn't seem to be heating up, but it must be binding, there's no other rational explanation.

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[DJP]

On my Bandit 1250 the rear pads never lasted more than about 6,000 miles.

There was nowt wrong with the caliper, it wasn't binding, that's just the way it was - maybe because big, heavy bike?

However, the exact same caliper is fitted to my current steed and the rear pads still look new after 13,000 miles.

Go figure.
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[DJP]

[Polarbear]

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[MarkJ]

[Rogerborg]

[Old Git Racing]

Linked brakes pah! Get some braided hoses, repipe it so your brain links it, or take the brake pedal off.

OGR.

(not helpful really, sorry).
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