How long do your brake pads last?

[cowboyz]

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?

[MaxB]

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

[James Deuce]

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

[325rocket]

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]

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

[Hitcher]

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_]

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

[Edbear]

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]

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

[AllanB]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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......

[Gremlin]

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.