gerald.hughes
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Stop me if you have heard this one. The man goes into the bar and tells the bartender, "Mister my brakes squeak."
I bought my LS650 with about 3000 miles on it. After 1000 miles or so of fairly hard riding (All my riding is hard on the bike because I weigh 300 pounds. Also, I tend to use the front break almost exclusively.) the front brake pads needed replacing. Following the recommendations that I had read on the site, and with a lot of help from Serowbot, the stock pads were replaced with EBC organic pads.
After only about 100 miles, the front brake began to squeal so badly that people in neighboring cars at stop lights would stare. I tried scuffing up the rotor. No help.
After another 3000 miles, I couldn't stand it any longer. I figured that the pads were badly glazed, I once again replaced them with the EBC organic pads. (And yes, I used the never squeak goop on the pad.)
When I pulled the pads, the inside pad was almost completely gone, but there was still about 1/16 of an inch of pad on the outside pad. Neither pad was glazed at all, just worn.
Within a 100 miles on the new pads, and they are squealing like banshees.
Oh yes, I have never gotten a pulsing when braking, so it is not the rotor. I am at a loss. Serobot uses the same pads on his bike, and never seems to get a squeal. Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I am almost ready to go back to the stock pads, which never squealed for me.
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