How long do your brake pads last?

[James Deuce]

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]

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]

All those braking competitions aren't doing you any favours

[cowboyz]

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

[dogsnbikes]

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?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

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]

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?

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]

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

[NZsarge]

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]

They weren't worn out. They warped. They weren't blue or under spec thickness.

That's a shocker! Buy a Yamaha next time...

[klyong82]

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]

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:Me]

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]

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]

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.