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[kona76]

While in the repair shop at RC Cycles, the last tech to touch the bike noticed some wear on the rear two piece rotor. Upon inspection, he was shocked to find unusually worn brake pads, and the inside rotor surface was almost destroyed. I would say damn near as I had to replace the rotor section. The guys at HogPro always have my respect in the brakes, wheels, pulley's and rotor's department(s). I was told the rotor was shot out and the brake pads (worn down to the metal) were FUBAR.

I was curious how Performance Machine brakes had worn down so quickly. I put on some tough miles, needless to say, but less than 3,000 miles and a blown out rotor? No way I thought. I couldn't be that negligent or abusive on the rear brakes. While I sat in denial and listened to the HogPro top guy, I decided to take on the question: How does this total destruction of the rear brake system happen without my knowledge?

The HogPro staff member assured me I was probably the one at fault. He said something like 50% of all riders wear down the rear brake prematurely due to a lack in balancing brake pressure equally front and rear. And even though I consider myself a front brake person usually, the rear was indeed worn beyond the normal tolerance.  But all my fault?

I'll be looking into this further.

The good news is I had the front and rear brake pads replaced with Lyndall pads. I keep reading the ongoing good reports with those pads, now I will know for myself. Like I would doubt ya'all....


That's if for now. More to follow...

Kona76
Mike K.

[Midnight Rider]

While in the repair shop at RC Cycles, the last tech to touch the bike noticed some wear on the rear two piece rotor. Upon inspection, he was shocked to find unusually worn brake pads, and the inside rotor surface was almost destroyed. I would say damn near as I had to replace the rotor section. The guys at HogPro always have my respect in the brakes, wheels, pulley's and rotor's department(s). I was told the rotor was shot out and the brake pads (worn down to the metal) were FUBAR.

I was curious how Performance Machine brakes had worn down so quickly. I put on some tough miles, needless to say, but less than 3,000 miles and a blown out rotor? No way I thought. I couldn't be that negligent or abusive on the rear brakes. While I sat in denial and listened to the HogPro top guy, I decided to take on the question: How does this total destruction of the rear brake system happen without my knowledge?

The HogPro staff member assured me I was probably the one at fault. He said something like 50% of all riders wear down the rear brake prematurely due to a lack in balancing brake pressure equally front and rear. And even though I consider myself a front brake person usually, the rear was indeed worn beyond the normal tolerance.  But all my fault?

I'll be looking into this further.

The good news is I had the front and rear brake pads replaced with Lyndall pads. I keep reading the ongoing good reports with those pads, now I will know for myself. Like I would doubt ya'all....


That's if for now. More to follow...

Kona76
Mike K.

PM uses EBC pads with their calipers...I chose not to use them when I swapped my system out, but went with Lyndals instead.  From what I've read, the EBC are not bad pads, but I do not know about their wear characteristics, or metal content.  Did you do the swap yourself?  I ask because getting the caliper shimmed properly so that it's centered on the rotor is very important, and it sounds like this might be part of your problem.  It's not a simple/quick/easy thing to do, but worth it in the long run.  Something to check, if you're not certain it was installed correctly initially.  Is there any damage to the caliper itself on the inside, one end or the other?

3K is very unusual on a rear brake.  I use the front for 80% of my stops, saving the rear for light applications when necessary.  Unless I'm running twisties, then I use the rear as a trailing brake in some turns.

[kona76]

Back from HogPro, and my weekly diet plan of losing unwanted pounds is now active...only I am losing pounds of money!!

Got the rotor replaced, installed, replace both front and rear brake pads with those Lydall Z Plus pads, and yeow what a difference. I am quite please with the stopping power of that brand of brake pads.


Are they to blame, probably not. More likely, my fault for not checking on a regular basis. From now on I will most definitely check my pads.

Out of pocket for this venture?$285.70.

Kona76