How long do your brake pads last? [Archive]

cowboyz

2nd September 2009, 19:47

MaxB

2nd September 2009, 20:14

If I'm not being good less than 5000km. Touring and stuff about 10k but the Zed is a heavy bike.

James Deuce

2nd September 2009, 20:18

The Zed's first set of disks and pads only lasted 10,000 kms. Think yourself lucky.

325rocket

2nd September 2009, 20:23

The Zed's first set of disks and pads only lasted 10,000 kms. Think yourself lucky.

disks and pads??? holy crap. how do you kill a your disks in 10,00kms?

James Deuce

2nd September 2009, 20:26

Ask Kawasaki who declined to comment or respond to warranty claims.

Hitcher

2nd September 2009, 21:24

I previously owned a Yamaha FJR1300. It had done about 84,000km when I sold it. I changed its front pads once at its 60,000km service. Mind you, I ride like a nana and never have to use my brakes.

_STAIN_

2nd September 2009, 21:30

40K about right for genuine, you get what you pay for, chinese crap, yip 10k.

Edbear

2nd September 2009, 21:54

Comin' up 22,000km on the original front pads and rear shoes, so far. Also on the original tyres which are finally starting to show signs of wear.

cowboyz

2nd September 2009, 22:04

holy crap batman! I throwing tyres away at 6000. got to be nicer!

AllanB

2nd September 2009, 23:16

10,600 on the originals so far - makes mental note to check them tomorrow. I expect a lot more as they don't get a hard workout. The rear should last forever.

You have reminded me - I had a 1983 Kawa 750 twin I purchased new and sold 23 years later with 110,000 on the clock, I went through a few fronts, but the rear had a drum brake - I never needed to replace them!

boomer

2nd September 2009, 23:21

The Zed's first set of disks and pads only lasted 10,000 kms. Think yourself lucky.

point and squirt.. point and squirt??? lol ya ham fisted barstool.. 10k .....

Learn the art of zen... flow with the go and only use ya brakes as a necessity!

ps.. i change bikes before i change pads !

MaxB

2nd September 2009, 23:36

40K about right for genuine, you get what you pay for, chinese crap, yip 10k.

EBC on at the moment. One up from OEM and one down from full race. Before that similar SBS pads. Hardly Chinese. Hardly cheap.

James Deuce

2nd September 2009, 23:47

point and squirt.. point and squirt??? lol ya ham fisted barstool.. 10k .....

Learn the art of zen... flow with the go and only use ya brakes as a necessity!

ps.. i change bikes before i change pads !

They weren't worn out. They warped. They weren't blue or under spec thickness. The pads were organic shite with no bite at all and were nearly done in. The bike shop could see no reason for the disks to be warped. The Metal Gear disk replacements show no appreciable wear and the same set of scintered pads that went in when the disks went on aren't even half worn 25,000 kms later.

Motu

2nd September 2009, 23:58

Gremlin

3rd September 2009, 01:53

It depends what sort of bike it is, and what type of kilometres it does.

Hornet 919 probably goes through pads in around 20,000km, hard to say, the shop simply replaces as needed. Wears front and rear at different rates. A huge number of commuting kilometres, very little engine braking etc, the pads are used a lot. Discs are fine after more than 62,000km though.

Blackbird, some commuting, a lot of open road km, I think the first set of pads lasted 30,000km all round, just into the 2nd set...

KTM990SM, 23,000km there's still plenty of life, but it does a lot of open road km, and with such huge engine braking, I don't use the brakes a lot.

James Deuce

3rd September 2009, 07:03

Just to get you all snarly,the latest theory from the experts is...so long as everything so far as fitment goes is true,rotors don't warp.The run out and pulsing you get is caused by pad material transfer......

They were fine one day and the next they were causing double vision for normal stops.

Experts are tools.

The Baron

3rd September 2009, 07:31

The 1150 tourer is on 64000 km - never changed pads yet - will have them checked next service.
It is all long distance riding though not city riding.

Owl

3rd September 2009, 07:32

All those braking competitions aren't doing you any favours:bleh:

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 07:41

TBH. only like 2 and only when they started failing. Picking up new ones today. see how long these last for

dogsnbikes

3rd September 2009, 07:54

NighthawkNZ

3rd September 2009, 07:58

I did 40,000 on the set that came on the bike when I brought it and replaced them with some kiwiX HH sintered pads.

killed them in 11,000k.

Was talking to the shop as I was ordering new ones and he seemed to think 11k was good value.

thoughts?

how long yours lasting for?

Brakes... what are they???

When I got the VTR it had the original pads when I sold the VTR with 60,000 on the clock it had the original brake pads... But I have never tried to stop with in 2 metres from 100kph so...

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 08:01

When I 1st got the Daytona it was two rear tyers to one set of brake pads......so about 7-8000 k as I developed its been stretched out too about 18000 k

really depends on your riding style

OWL would be call Cowboyz riding style?:rofl:

Of course I have style!!!!!!!!!

Brake... what are they???

When I got the VTR it had the original pads when I sold the VTR with 60,000 on the clock it had the original brake pads...

yeah! I "comfort brake" ALOT. really bad habbit I trying to get out of.

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 08:03

oh.. on the up side.. I have never replaced the rear brakes and I up to 131,000k

NZsarge

3rd September 2009, 08:27

I did 40,000 on the set that came on the bike when I brought it and replaced them with some kiwiX HH sintered pads.

killed them in 11,000k.

Was talking to the shop as I was ordering new ones and he seemed to think 11k was good value.

thoughts?

how long yours lasting for?

Did a set in the FZ1 but I did'nt really need to but I had spares left over from the Ace and they were the same caliper so I thought what the hell...
The 14 has done around 23k now and the pads are okish but I might replace them soon, I don't really see the point in flogging the last out of brake pads, particularly in performance machinery.

NZsarge

3rd September 2009, 08:31

They weren't worn out. They warped. They weren't blue or under spec thickness.
That's a shocker! Buy a Yamaha next time... :doh:

klyong82

3rd September 2009, 09:38

The front of my Fireblade has lasted 13000km (still going) while the rear replaced at 11000km. Original pads when bike was new. I use my rear more than my fronts.

boomer

3rd September 2009, 16:46

They weren't worn out. They warped. They weren't blue or under spec thickness. The pads were organic shite with no bite at all and were nearly done in. The bike shop could see no reason for the disks to be warped. The Metal Gear disk replacements show no appreciable wear and the same set of scintered pads that went in when the disks went on aren't even half worn 25,000 kms later.

my gixxer k7 ones were the same.. i swapped the rotors out to Brembo about 5k in and added some race pads

NighthawkNZ

3rd September 2009, 16:49

yeah! I "comfort brake" ALOT. really bad habbit I trying to get out of.

I don't "comfort brake" I am just doing the speed I want to be doing for the corner before I get to it... makes the ride so much smoother...

When I do brake it usually gives my friends a bit of a fright the are usually wondering what the red light is on the back bike is .... lol

erik

3rd September 2009, 18:19

On my sv650s I got about 5700km from the last set of front pads (Premier standard ones) doing a mixture of track days, weekend rides and touring (riding to the track days).

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 18:30

I don't "comfort brake" I am just doing the speed I want to be doing for the corner before I get to it... makes the ride so much smoother...

When I do brake it usually gives my friends a bit of a fright the are usually wondering what the red light is on the back bike is .... lol

"comfort braking" is a really bad habit. just to clarify.. I dont actually brake.. but pull the brake on to check if it is still there. comes from riding a bike with really shit brakes for so long.

Got my shit together and got some new ferro pads and some cleaning and now I have brakes. Went for a blat this arvo and now when I touch the lever the bike slows down! A little foriegn idea really but Ill get used to it.

NighthawkNZ

3rd September 2009, 18:34

"comfort braking" is a really bad habit. just to clarify.. I dont actually brake.. but pull the brake on to check if it is still there. comes from riding a bike with really shit brakes for so long...

Got yah... you are right a bit of a bad habbit...

Owl

3rd September 2009, 19:23

Got my shit together and got some new ferro pads and some cleaning and now I have brakes. Went for a blat this arvo and now when I touch the lever the bike slows down! A little foriegn idea really but Ill get used to it.

So you wanting a rematch?:first:

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 19:42

ummmmm. might be worth a crack.......... shit my bike stops now.. having the front diving though cause I hitting the brakes much harder than I expect... or they work much better (or they actually work) than they did before.

Owl

3rd September 2009, 19:48

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 20:09

oh hell yeah. thats where the "feeling" gets odd. Full brake is only like 2cm on the lever and it doesnt hit the bars anymore

Owl

3rd September 2009, 20:19

:woohoo:

Excellent! I know what you mean about getting used to it. Mine were shite when I took my bike to Kerry and it came back magic.:yes:

sugilite

3rd September 2009, 20:33

HH pads are soft race(ish) compound, so those km's you did are quite good really, for that spec pad.

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 20:46

o man! I got that wrong... I thought HH were touring high distance pads.

whats the recommend for road riding then?

sugilite

3rd September 2009, 20:49

GG rated is what you want.

http://fatbikez.com/galfer-performance-brake-pads-g1054-compound-for-kawasaki-motorcycles-fd156g1054.html

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 21:18

good stuff. I might give em a crack in 11000k or so. being as I just brought new ones today.

Grahameeboy

3rd September 2009, 21:19

In 55,OOO'k's I have replaced the front once and gone through 4 rear pads

cowboyz

3rd September 2009, 21:23

damn that big twin and its engine breaking!

Grahameeboy

3rd September 2009, 21:28

damn that big twin and its engine breaking!

I am a rear braker anyway as well.....

scumdog

3rd September 2009, 22:00

Yet to ever replace a set of pads.

I guess the compression decelleration of an HD V-twin slows things down enough to make braking optional....

quickbuck

4th September 2009, 21:57

Well, last time I replaced the Discs on the CBR with some Metal Gear ones... I smoked the brand new Metal Gear pads within 90 miles around Manfeild!

A good story for the pub that one....

Replaced them with my old 1/2 worn pads, and they lasted for ages...
My new set has lasted quite a few track days....

Can't really say how long they will last, and to be fair, the track time is in no representative of a normal life....
There is only one way I can keep up with the big bikes on track days.....