front brake ? - Sportbike Addicts

BlackHat2305 · 03-16-2006, 07:14 PM

This past weekend i had my bike out , and out of the blue as i was comming to a stop my front shoes were sqeeking and chattering and there was a slight vibration . as the day went on and the brakes continued to make noises i was comming to a stop and applied the front brakes fairly easy and allmost went over the bars! now i made it home and bought some brake cleaner sand cleaned the fronts as well as the backs , went for a cruise and they were fine for about 45 min then the same things happent . I was told the pads were new and they look fine any ideas on why my brakes are acting up ? thanks for the help guys / Gals

Greg

southjersey636 · 03-16-2006, 07:34 PM

make sure you have the anti-rattle clips in there, also new brake pads are known to be really grippy so watch out, and when I put new pads on my bike they made a loud squeel for almost 2-3k before going away.

***Cakes206*** · 03-16-2006, 07:52 PM

Do you know what kind of pads they are? How many miles on the rotors? Stock brake lines or SS lines?

MrQuickR1 · 03-16-2006, 08:24 PM

Could be warped/bent rotors

PitsVtec · 03-16-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by southjersey636

also new brake pads are known to be really grippy so watch out

Agree!

BlackHat2305 · 03-16-2006, 11:34 PM

stock lines did not add any brake fluid and the level is normal brakes were replaced and put about 120 miles on the new brakes so im gona have to just watch them and see if they dont stick and lossen up thanks for the advice very helpful

Greg

***Cakes206*** · 03-16-2006, 11:40 PM

What kind of brakes were used? OEM or an aftermarket set?

BlackHat2305 · 03-17-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Cakes

What kind of brakes were used? OEM or an aftermarket set?

not sure they were on when i bought the bike but i bought it at a honda dealer and they said they replaced them so im gona guess OEM but is there a way to tell ?

CBRBob · 03-16-2006, 10:23 PM

Sounds like he overfilled the fluid and once it gets hot during the ride it is expanding and making the brake drag.

Jake · 03-17-2006, 12:27 AM

I used to have a lot of vibration in the front under hard braking. I'm not sure what the root cause was, but it disappeared when I got SS lines, new pads and replaced the brake fluid.

I don't think that really helps you out.. sorry.

ffejtable · 03-22-2006, 08:29 AM

Unless you have some "unusual" brake fluid, you can easily tell if its time to replace by the color... If its a very light yellow you should be ok, but it doesnt hurt to change anyway... If its brown/black its time to change.... DOT 4 or 5.1 is used in most bikes, DOT 5 is not.