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White Walls and Brake Dust

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Is there a type of brake pad that prevents or reduces the amount of brake dust on white wall tires? THanks
 
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Ceramic. EBC maybe?
 
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Simple green and magic eraser will clean them. I put ceramics on my Softail and it helped, but only a ittle bit.
 
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Are you sure its brake dust?
I get road dust on my wheels and tires.
 
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Just remove the breaks from the bike


 
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Are you sure its brake dust?
I get road dust on my wheels and tires.
Its definitely brake dust. There are so many brake pads made of several different materials on the market today . I thought maybe one type would be better with white walls. Guess I could remove them all together..
 
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The back one gets dirtier on my RK Classic than the front one by far so I am guessing road grime has as much to do with if not more than brake dust. I use Westley's Bleche White Tire Cleaner to clean up my white walls.
 
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I switched from the HD pads to Lyndall Z+ pads. Nothing at all wrong with the HD brake pads. I did, however, find less dirt on the tires and white walls with the Lyndall pads versus the OEM pads.

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http://www.hogpro.com/showsubcat2.ph...27&subcatid=83
 
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Lyndall Z+ pads === worked for me...
 
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Westley's Bleche White Tire Cleaner is the best in my opinion. It even works good if you don't have white walls.
 

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