I would agree.....

Interestingly enough, I just did a 20K service on friend's 2004 Softail he's owned since new.....

By just looking at his front pads, I ordered new ones.. I found out the new pads were 4.6mm thick...

Then I checked the service manual and it said to replace them at 1mm.... I measured 1.7mm on his..... changed them ASAP.... His were too low for me...

 

1MM is cutting it way to close for me. I would have replaced them too. But what do I know, I've only been wrenching for 50 years.

 

Went for a ride to bed in the rear brake, now to get some time and heat/cold cycles on it before I reach any conclusions on the EBC brakes, but as I type this I'm not very impressed. After bedding the pads I let it sit for about an hour and went back out. At this point, the cold bite is not good at all. Maybe with more time it'll get better.

 

If I had floaters in the back of my bikes I would be
Replacing the buttons every couple thousand miles.
I’m hard on them.

 

The rear braking action is getting better, gonna keep rolling up some miles and hope they keep improving.

 

I thought I would circle back here with some final thoughts.

With the rear EBC rotor and EBC HH pads braking got better, but nothing to rave about. With just over 56k miles, my fronts were needing some love to, so I ordered 2 more EBC rotors and installed them and the same EBC HH pads.. Went out and bedded them in and did a few heat/cool cycles.

Wee doggies! Way better! They are quiet, and the cold bite is much improved.

This is one of those projects that had me questioning my decision on these parts, but in the end I'm pleased with the outcome.

 

I cannot for the life of me let the pads get down to 1mm. That's the one thing that my inner cheapness doesn't overrule.

 

Me either. I'm rather fond of brakes.

 

I don’t know what they do there, I was told it is not open for visitors. At least you shopped local.