Replacing Rear Brakes

[carraway]

Hi All,

Would appreciate any input from the brain trust.  I have an 06 SR2 16,000 km, mostly city riding, nothing overly insane.  I am told my rear brakes need to be replaced.  This seems to be a bit early to  me but I would welcome any thoughts.

Thanks

[Greg]

I have the same bike with about the same milage and mine are nowhere near needing replacing. Do you use the rear brake a lot?

[carraway]

Brake use is about 80/20 (front/back).  Seems a little early to replace but I maybe I am wrong?

[He Man]

Whens the last time you bleed your rear brake?

16k is roughly 10,000 miles, and my S2R1k is either 8100 or 9100 miles, but my rear break is also going (its almost impossible to lock up on the pavement). I had very little luck bleeding her out.

I also do mostly city riding. Strange i know a few others who had their brake pads prematurely wear on them. Maybe your pad is rubbing against the plate and is wearing out quickly? I havent checked mine yet.

[Greg]

Brake use is about 80/20 (front/back).  Seems a little early to replace but I maybe I am wrong?

Seems to early to replace. Can you look at the pads yourself? That way you will know for sure if the Dealer is correct.

I don't use my rear brake much, but only because I try to spare my rear tire from as much wear on the center as possible.

[carraway]

Thanks for the input, much appareciated.

[tangueroHondo]

I've got the 05 S2R.  Mine starting fading at about 5.5k miles.  I use the rears at almost every stop and corner.  I bled the system and they were a bit better.  So, I took them off and sanded them a bit to get the glaze and crap off of them.  Took some brake cleaner to the rotors and reintalled them: 100% improvement.  I think the placement of the rears is problematic b/c they sit underslung and collect everything the road throws up.  You just need to drop the calipers off the rotor , leaving the calipers resting on the bottom of the wheel and take the pin out of the calipers to get the pads off.  It's not difficult or I couldn't do it.  No need to take the calipers completely off, or rear wheel off.

[Capo]

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