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Old Mar 19, 2021 | 09:17 PM
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Default Front brake noise when braking harder

Not sure if this is normal on these bikes. None of my previous (sport bikes) did that.

When I use the front brake, 99.9% of the time, it’s noisy. It’s actually very noisy. I can’t describe the sound, it’s not a squeal or shattering sound. It’s as if my brakes were wet or something.

is that normal? I had 1k miles service done 1.5k miles ago and nothing was mentioned about anything being wrong with brakes.

If this is normal, what are my pad options or combo of pad and rotors that would not do that. It sucks coming up to red lights with these things loud AF.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2021 | 09:26 PM
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It may be the drilled rotor and pad wear. Chamfer the leading edge of the pad should make it go away.
 
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