Front disk pad wear

[BigAlan]

So how many miles do you reckon to get out of a front set of disk pads?

Five thousand, ten thousand?

Alan

[Lonewolf]

I've had the current GTR a year as of next week and done about 7k approx miles on it. The brake pads front and rear are still going very strong. So I envisage them lasting easily the same sort of mileage again. I don't know if thats good or bad, perhaps some make them last four times what I will.

[BigAlan]

Well I have 8k on and admittedly a lot of this has been in traffice stop start stuff and I need new pads all round.

Alan

[2kwacks]

it's impossible to put a mileage on brake pads, that will depend on how you ride solo, 2 up, fully loaded and type of pads you use. I did 10,000 miles on my 2008 zzr1400 and when I sold the bike they were approx half worn. did 7,500 miles on my gtr1400 and they were about the same and both sets of pads were the original kawasaki one's, I'm not a mad rider but I like to get a move on now and again so I estimate average riding, breaking from high speed now and again and reading the traffic well in advance so your not always on the brakes or very little in traffic! I reckon you would get 15,000 miles from the kawasaki standard fit one's

[Kwikasfuki]

I used to get 5 to 6k out of mine

[pistole]

- 13,000 miles and still on original brake pads.

- its how you ride i reckon.

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[100milesaway]

16500, looked at and cleaned the calipers only last week, pads are about half worn. couldn't agree more with you Pistole, nice and smooth, and just flooooooooooooow, it's good for the rest of the bike and fuel consumption, as well as discs and pads.

[2kwacks]

I used to get 5 to 6k out of mine

Asif.. I would have thought your brake pads would have lasted as long as your bike!!

[pistole]

16500, looked and cleaned the calipers only last week, pads are about half worn. couldn't agree more with you Pistole, nice and smooth, and just flooooooooooooow, it's good for the rest of the bike and fuel consumption, as well as discs and pads.

- really agree.

- its something of a personal challenge to go through a series of familiar roads without ever touching the brakes.

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[Kwikasfuki]

Asif.. I would have thought your brake pads would have lasted as long as your bike!!

I brake every time I catch up to slow riders and I can't overtake. Like those magnesium riders ...

[2kwacks]

I brake every time I catch up to slow riders and I can't overtake. Like those magnesium riders ...

see your barrel scraping again.. 

[Rusty]

My front pads were not replaced till 16000 mile service BUT I do a fair bit of dual carriageway  and motorway stuff so hardly surprising !
Finally got around to  buying the extra 2 years warranty today ... Can,t believe its been 2 years !

[SirToU]

I recon between 12-15k  but I clean my calipers every 1500 miles.  use tooth brush to clean the calipers / wire brush to clean the pads.

Just keep and eye on them.  Kawasaki brakes (in my opinion) are the best brakes I've ever had from the budget Z750R to the ZX10 or the GTR.

Neil

[Lonewolf]

Dave, give Asif some credit, he can ride fast and does ride fast. Why, I can remember quite clearly a ride from the Bridge with him & Geoff and Sidders when he was zipping through the villages, not a care in the world. At a stopping place I said to Asif, bloody hell you were flying along there, how fast were you going when you passed the speed camera van? His reply was priceless. What speed camera van? He was going that fast the speed camera van missed him & he missed it!!

[2kwacks]

Dave, give Asif some credit, he can ride fast and does ride fast. Why, I can remember quite clearly a ride from the Bridge with him & Geoff and Sidders when he was zipping through the villages, not a care in the world. At a stopping place I said to Asif, bloody hell you were flying along there, how fast were you going when you passed the speed camera van? His reply was priceless. What speed camera van? He was going that fast the speed camera van missed him & he missed it!!

steve I'm sure and certainly hope that asif knows it's only banter I'm sure asif can ride fast and most likely I would be in his mirror if we were to ride together again   have got more sense now than to race around  ly the grave yard is full of fast riders I'm also a wear.. that if, asif was lagging behind on the A41 after joining off the M54 it would have been due to him being the 3rd of 3 riders and was caught with roundabout traffic at least 3 times that I was a wear off