Charon
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I had an '83 Suzuki 650 Tempter. Its OEM front pads wore out at about 5500 miles, if I remember correctly. I replaced them with a non-OEM set (but I don't remember whose) and when I sold the bike at about 14000 miles the pads were still OK. I now have an '07 S40 with over 6000 miles, and the OEM pads still seem OK. The difference seems to be that I now live out of town, and when I had the Tempter I lived in town. You brake more in town, with STOP signs and traffic lights. In short, if you use the brakes they wear out. If you drive in such a way that you don't have to brake much, they last a lot of miles. Remember that brake pads are a consumable.
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