Ferodo pads are bearing up well near one year on.

Braking performance is as good as the previous Lyndall Gold+ pads. Good solid bite.

Remembering this is the "old EVO" single piston sliding caliper, albeit with a floating disc and braided brake hose.

My annual Kilometres travelled has dropped these last few years , so wear on the pads appears minimal.

Next job both front and rear tyres....winter approaches here now.

I installed an ultracool on my 131 and it works excellent. I bought the naked version.

Has any added and additional oil cooler to their Twin Cooled. engine? I have the 131 HD upgrade and HD tuner table that has the EV adjusted to slightly richen the air fuel ratio but she still runs hot.

I know the bike well and the owner. former Wisconsin State Senator Dave Zien. I did few charity ride with him.
He now rides a trike after losing his leg, it has well over 100,000 miles on it. Just saw him on highway 29 in WI. this past week.
He is interesting individual.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zien

Yep. Not a win/win but I'm sure the upgrade will be fun! 

That's a smart choice unless your gonna do the work yourself and have a good machinist handy.  Nice excuse to up grade!

wow,never seen s&s blue tc3 stuff fail?

Just wanted to close this out with an update. I chose to bypass the 'diagnostic tear down' and apply the $500 to a new 131 short block. It was the right decision as it turns out the the valve spring broke (good guess KGB) and then the piton hammered the valve into the rear intake port. The shrapnel then got sucked through the throttle body and damaged the other piston. Is it rebuildable? Probably but I think it probably caused other damage to the cylinder, valves, etc. and I wouldn't feel comfortable riding a potential time bomb far from home. Thanks for the help!

Took a 230 mile round trip down to Frankfort KY to meet up with the Run for the Wall Central route group. They stop in Frankfort every year at the KY Vietnam Veterans Memorial for a ceremony. I have several friends that do the run from California to Washington DC every year.

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