I have an 09 Deluxe with 6500 miles on it and it looks like my rear pads are already gone - is this about normal?

thanks,

 

Sounds kind of soon to me, I am coming up on 16k and dealer just told me within next 2000 miles I need pads. Depends on how you use your brakes.

 

Thanks - thats kinda whatI thought. idid haveone of these pads "come off" early on with the bike after it had a flat changed.

I am suspicious that all is not right back there. I do do a LOT of town driving - bike is daily driver in traffic though. Back tire is jsutabout gone at 6500 btw.

 

That sounds early too, I changed my back tire at 12k

 

Yeah that does. I had to change mine 9500 due to a screw but I had 4/32 of inch left when it went. As for the pads mine were wearing down but not that bad, that is until I had the tire changed and now I eat pads and burn disc. Waiting on the new caliper to hopefull fix the problem.

 

Check out Lyndall Racing Brakes....They stop better than the factory pads and they are dust free for the most part.

I put them on my 08 Fatboy about 1,000 miles ago @9,000 miles because I got tired of trying to keep up with cleaning the back wheel to keep the corrosion down.

http://www.lyndallracingbrakes.com/a...ide-harley.htm

From their web site...."Our Z Plus compound is a softened version of the Gold Plus compound. It is excellent for general purpose riding and offers a high coefficient of friction. This is the most rotor friendly pad in the industry. It produces no dust, and no noise. The service life generally averages about 18,000 miles. "

Do a search....a lot of guys run the z pads.

 

got 16 on rear and front still going at 19+, all depends on where and how the bike is used.

read one time that the HD rentals where people ride the snake average 3-4k on tires and brakes.

 

I may be wrong but it sounds like you are using the rear brake for all/most of your braking. After reader many post, I have noticed that many on the forum do as well for fear of front lock-up. This is improper and dangerous... period. Heavy front brake is what will stop a motorcycle in an emergency with assist by the rear. Not sure of the exact percentages but I know it's heavy front with enough rear before skidding. Panic braking practice makes perfect. Proper braking at all times, emergency or not is both front and rear. The only time more rear brake and less on/no front is when on gravel, grass, dirt, certain situations on a wet roadway, wet leaves, plastic or any other object that might be lying in your stopping path and so on. If that's not the case with yourself, see the other post but I hope this post will save someones life.

 

i get about 15000 on stock front and ebd cheap pads. i have lyndall on the rear and they are still good at 25000 miles

 

I have heard of people wearing out the rears faster than normal because they use the bike in heavy traffic and they habitually use the rears for low speed stopping. This isn't the best idea in the world because it can be a bad habit to get into that's hard to break, but its not unusual. Or they do a lot of low speed maneuvering where you will frequently use the friction zone of the clutch and the rear brake at the same time.
Get the Lyndell pads they are better and last longer, and try making a consious effort to break the habit of dragging the rear brake in traffic.
Try to use if for holding the bike in place when its on an incline and wants to roll instead of for stopping.

6 to 8K on a rear tire seems fairly normal with some guys getting more or less depending on how and where they ride.