Brake Pad Life

[McGee]

How long should a set of brake pad's last on a sports bike ?

I take it the rear lasts longer than the front, well it would in my case as I hardley use the rear


So how long have yours lasted ?
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[VTR SP1]

I changed some on a CBR at 14000 miles but unless your really heavy on the brakes or do a lot of trackdays they should last years.

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[Jack_Cheese]

14,000 km for me. I hammer the front brake, my front tyre dies waaaaaaaay before my back.

Jack
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[gixer6er]

Shit, i've only done 6000 miles since my last change on the front and in need of a new set! the back seems to last forever! what pads do you find best, standard or aftermarket???
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[ram_doom]

Mine used to continually become contaminated with fork oil due to a feked anti dive so about 500 miles up til now. Normal healthy bike's pads should last a good 5 - 8k
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[craigs23]

Ask me in a few thousand miles. Weird, I always seem to be changing pads, but not because I've worn any out......

[Kickstart]

Hi

For me it varies greatly with use and the make of pads.

My little RS125 eats brake pads. Averaged about 4000~5000 miles a set so far.

Bandit with stock pads of EBC pads lasted a bit over 10000 miles. Some Armstrong pads (bought because I needed some in a hurry) lasted over 20k and were still far from worn out (although wet weather braking degraded badly for some reason).

All the best

Keith
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[McGee]

Cheers guys

So whats causing my front end to judder under heavy braking ?

One guy has had the same problem and replacing the disc's didnt work for him.

And the warenty in this country does not cover brakes
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[Kickstart]

Hi

What kind of judder?

Warped disks can caused this, but would probably be felt through the lever as well. Hard braking a slightly loose steering head bearings can cause the front end to judder around, but this is likely to accompanied by a clonk.

The FZ750 is juddering on the brakes and the disks do not appear to be warped. Only thing I can see is a mark on the disk where the pads had stuck in the past (sintered pads / cast iron disk, stick together when parked up when wet).

All the best

Keith
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[McGee]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Strange. To be honest cannot think of anything that would be likely to cause that.

Probably worth cleaning the calipers and disks up. Gets rid of all the dust and at least means you have a good look to spot anything more.

All the best

Keith
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[McGee]

Cheers mate, appreciate the help
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[UrbanRacer]

i get this aswell but my disc's are warped too at the moment and i'm waiting on a new set of EBC rotors being delivered.
I imagine the vibration to be brake dust and i'll be stripping and cleaning the calipers when the discs go on

[UrbanRacer]

ps. i changed the pads to HH Sintered ones and it made no difference to the vibrations

[tatters]

I done about 4,000 miles on my current pads and theres about 40% worth of meat left, but my last set of front pads on the thunderace were almost down to the metal within 1000 miles after coming back from last years bull dog bash were l spent most of the time on the drag strip which would explain why the pads did,nt last long.
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[craigs23]

[the grim reaper]

Change your fork oil, could be the forks locking due to old oil. On bikes like the Yam Thundercat (i.e softly sprung as standard) it is very easy to bottom out the forks under heavy braking, mind you, that's like riding a pneumatic drill

Cheers

Grim
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[craigs23]

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[craigs23]

Checked, but not replaced - seemed in good working order when I fitted the Diablos (nicely greased up too).

Maybe I should have had them replaced along with everything else.

[Kickstart]

Hi

To be honest, nothing definate I can think of. Sounds like you have checked most things. As mentioned above might be a good idea to check the wheel bearings more carefully, but I think that enough wear to cause a problem like this would be obvious. Also work checking the fork bushes.

Don't think it will be the steering damper.

All the best

Keith
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