Running in brake pads?

**Motoracer** · 18th May 2005, 17:18

Wooohooo!! I finally have brake pads this time! Hopefully with some brakes I might do a bit better for round 2! (hopefully)

So I've got brand new brake pads in the packet ready to be put on the race bike and the race is this Saturday.

Once on the track we will straight away get on with Qualifying and I know that the brake pads need to be run in first.

Is there any other way of runing in the brake pads effectively with out me actually going for illigal rolling stoppie practice sessions on the road before Saturday?

Cheerio!

**White trash** · 18th May 2005, 17:27

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Wooohooo!! I finally have brake pads this time! Hopefully with some brakes I might do a bit better for round 2! (hopefully)

So I've got brand new brake pads in the packet ready to be put on the race bike and the race is this Saturday.

Once on the track we will straight away get on with Qualifying and I know that the brake pads need to be run in first.

Is there any other way of runing in the brake pads effectively with out me actually going for illigal rolling stoppie practice sessions on the road before Saturday?

Cheerio!

Surely it takes a couple of laps to get up to speed?

They're race pads yeah? You'll be fine.

**sAsLEX** · 18th May 2005, 17:31

would think that you would have to do it on the bike, as they will bed in to your discs if they are slightly grooved or whatever

**slob** · 18th May 2005, 17:58

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Is there any other way of runing in the brake pads effectively with out me actually going for illigal rolling stoppie practice sessions on the road before Saturday?

Read the flip side of the SBS packet - I think it says that you only need to brake hard a few times to heat 'em up and get them run in...

**FROSTY:Me** · 18th May 2005, 18:10

Id do a couple of quiet laps of the local area. Mine took about 10 laps to bed in

**bugjuice** · 18th May 2005, 18:47

a friend who used to race a ZX6 then moved onto a ZX10 does a couple of laps (at puke) at 2/3s pace, then just go for it.. Road pads tend to take a bit longer to bed in. I guess it depends on the compound of them, and how long you want/expect them to last.. Rotors still good?

**DEATH_INC.** · 18th May 2005, 19:12

The proper way to bed them in is to NOT let them get too hot 'till they're worn in.Lots of light braking for a while(usually 100k or so).Don't constantly drag 'em either(it glazes them,like too much initial heat).

**N4CR** · 18th May 2005, 22:12

Well... not really a racing related answer, I just got some new softer compound front pads....manufacturer/shop reccomended 100kms of riding before giving them full 'thrashage'. I just did 100kms and they gave a much nicer pull than the last pads!

Just go for a spin round some back roads for a hour or two and wear them in that way.

**Two Smoker** · 19th May 2005, 07:32

If they are the new SBS carbon pads, all they need is a couple of hard pulls (give it 2 laps and they will be sweet)

If they aren't then give it 5 laps at half pace and they will be sweet....

**Motoracer** · 19th May 2005, 12:43

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

The proper way to bed them in is to NOT let them get too hot 'till they're worn in.Lots of light braking for a while(usually 100k or so).Don't constantly drag 'em either(it glazes them,like too much initial heat).

Cheers Death! Thanks to everyone else as well. Yep they are SBS race pads so hopefully they will be fully run in on the track within the first 2 laps.

Originally Posted by bugjuice

Rotors still good?

Pretty fucked but 'She'll be alright'!

**bugjuice** · 19th May 2005, 14:53

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Pretty fucked but 'She'll be alright'!

get them reground? or nothing left?

**vifferman** · 19th May 2005, 15:04

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

The proper way to bed them in is to NOT let them get too hot 'till they're worn in.Lots of light braking for a while(usually 100k or so).Don't constantly drag 'em either(it glazes them,like too much initial heat).

I read an interview of Yamaha Europe's head bike tester (an ex-racer, I believe), and he was asked what the best way to bed pads was. His reply was to take the bike up to 100km/h, then brake reasonably hard to a stop, then repeat this. I can't recall now, but I think he said to do 30 repeats.

I do know what you shouldn't do.

If you normally brake with one or two fingers, then don't try to bed them in quickly using all four.

Especially not on a cambered road.

Which is damp and greasy, from light rain.

And has numerous tar snakes.

But if by some weird failure of your mental faculties you do do this

then try not to do it right next to an audience of road workers.

Unless you can remember to release your death grip on the brake lever and can keep it upright.

**Motoracer** · 19th May 2005, 15:13

Originally Posted by bugjuice

get them reground? or nothing left?

Definetly the surface is too smooth and there is not much left to reground. Plus all the buttons are too loose and worn anyway. The mechanics reckon they are due to explode anytime soon.

I'll be looking at getting a new set soon...

**vifferman** · 19th May 2005, 15:16

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Definetly the surface is too smooth and there is not much left to reground. Plus all the buttons are too loose and worn anyway. The mechanics reckon they are due to explode anytime soon.

I'll be looking at getting a new set soon...

When they've exploded....? :spudwhat: