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steely

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OEM front pad life
02/29/08 at 17:52:29

Holy crap, I don't ride that hard (well, not sport bike hard), but the OEM pads I bought 6 months ago are already gone. This is over the winter. Granted, we don't have very hard winters here in OK. I ride at least once a week (on average) from November to April. However, I have put less than 5,000 miles on the Savage, since replacing the pads, and they are gone. I mean down-to-the-metal gone. I am trying the Vesrah pads this time. I have the EBC shoes for the rear that are going on soon (when I get the time to replace the rubber on both ends as well). If the Vesrah pads wear as quickly, I will have to give the EBC front pads a try.

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SavageDude Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Posts: 561 OC_California Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #1 - 02/29/08 at 20:59:05 Uhm! I think that's normal. Mine only have 1 mm of thickness left after 4,000 miles. 70% of braking power comes from front brake and look how tiny those brake pads are
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #2 - 02/29/08 at 22:16:06 3000-5000 miles on the front oem pads isn't bad - you have several options - soft ebc organic to pretty hard sbs ceramic you can use - it only takes 5 minutes to change the pads (if you stop to drink a beer )
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6057 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #3 - 03/01/08 at 00:26:31 riding style??more stop than go?? got 8600 miles on my 06 with original pads and shoes,have a pair of ebc been in the saddle bag since last spring...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #4 - 03/01/08 at 01:01:34 5,000 on the stockers was all she wrote. Maybe the stoppies arent such a great idea?
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stinger Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 848	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #5 - 03/01/08 at 02:29:49 Greg changed mine after 14,000 miles. getting pretty worn
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azjay Serious Thumper Offline aridzona... its a dry heat Posts: 816 Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #6 - 03/01/08 at 05:06:41 over 9000 miles on ours, and dad locked up the front wheel during his DMV test a couple weeks ago, sadly he dumped the bike, stretched his knee, got a ride to the hospital in an ambulance, and didn't pass the test, because of it :'(. in summary, the origional front brakes still work just fine.
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Re: OEM front pad life
Reply #7 - 03/01/08 at 07:15:25

Well, it sounds like I am not the only one to burn through them in under 5k miles. I am used to getting more out of a set of pads, but these are pretty thin. I will just have to check them more often. Most of my riding is in town on surface streets; so, a lot of stop and go.

The front brakes grabbed last night and locked the wheel. It dumped me ignominiously on the street. Nothing major broken on the Savage, nothing damaged on me (I love my leathers). The right peg is toast, so I am down for at least a week while waiting for that to come in from the dealer. On the bright side, this is now the perfect time to get new tires front and rear, since I can't ride it anyway.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #8 - 03/01/08 at 07:32:35 I changed to EBC red's (ceramic) awhile back. Can't tell you life yet, but have 5k on them already. But one noticeable effect, it takes more squeeze to stop. And no squeal either.
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steely Senior Member Offline Posts: 325 Tulsa, Oklahoma Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #9 - 03/01/08 at 07:34:04 No squeal would be fantastic. I hate the way the stock pads squeal.
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TheFid Senior Member Offline WE Come Unclean. Posts: 282 U.K. Morecambe Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #10 - 03/01/08 at 07:35:42 Since I started using the back brake a lot more in conjuntion with the front one, i`ve found the front pads last longer.
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skrapiron -FSO Serious Thumper Offline Instant Human.... Just add coffee.. Posts: 1456 Pittsburgh, Pa Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #11 - 03/01/08 at 08:31:19 I put the EBC golds on mine at 6k. I have put over 15,000 miles since and I still have about 30% pad left. (can you tell I do alot of freeway riding?)
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vtail Senior Member Offline life's short, ride fast Posts: 408 Portland,OR Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #12 - 03/01/08 at 11:06:28 Part Number: EBC-FA106, $27.36 incl freight @ CruiserCustomising.com (888-302-9789) Yep replaced mine just before 5k miles
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #13 - 03/01/08 at 11:40:26 I put the ebc on at 80 miles because the ones on it squealed the ebc are better than stock ones. Ive's had a lot of bikes over the years the only brakes that ever squealed was this one and my 1500 intruder.I don't no why that for years the bikes never squeal then the last 2 i have did.
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steely Senior Member Offline Posts: 325 Tulsa, Oklahoma Gender:	Re: OEM front pad life Reply #14 - 03/02/08 at 06:57:06 After checking the bike over, I feel like the front caliper may be sticking. That would explain the short pad life. I will be rebuilding the caliper this week.
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