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Old 04-08-2017, 05:16 PM
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Not sure. They were the orange package, that's all I remember.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Northern Glide
First fun-run in MN today.......
Where's that at Stan?
Good place for a beer and burger?

Make sure the pads are free in the calipers, sounds a bit excessive to me fwiw.

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Old 04-08-2017, 05:20 PM
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I took it to a new place. Maybe they are still learning. I will tear it apart and see. I did notice that my rear pedal goes further than usual.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:22 PM
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Back home after football. Benjamin's team lost both games of his double header but he had a blast. Went for an early dinner and now back home relaxing.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DanHappy
I took it to a new place. Maybe they are still learning. I will tear it apart and see. I did notice that my rear pedal goes further than usual.
Your pedal travel shouldn't be attributable to worn pads ... As the pads wear the caliper pistons travel further out in the caliper bore. The space voided by the pistons moving further out is filled with fluid from the master cylinder reservoir.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:29 PM
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Checkin' in.....

Great pics, guys! Some should be posted in the appropriate section...the PoZerZ!

Productive day today. Got the drywall up[ and mostly spackled but ran out of spackle. Got sidelined for a bit to a prospective tenant. Place is rented but had to give up one garage which I really didn't need. No background check on the guy since the State of PA was kind enough to do it for me. Kid that my son knows who's graduating from State Police Academy in two weeks. I know his grandparents, good people. Oh...and he wants to get a Harley and even offered to help clean the snow. Told him he can have his very own snowblower to use.

Off to get some joint compound and a few other things...later.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Larry
Your pedal travel shouldn't be attributable to worn pads ... As the pads wear the caliper pistons travel further out in the caliper bore. The space voided by the pistons moving further out is filled with fluid from the master cylinder reservoir.
I guess I am used to how a gar pedal goes down a little as the pads wear. So I attribute that to pedal wear.
Maybe they are / were junk pads...? They never did feel right....
Mayne I will go back to the stealership for pads...
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Larry
Your pedal travel shouldn't be attributable to worn pads ... As the pads wear the caliper pistons travel further out in the caliper bore. The space voided by the pistons moving further out is filled with fluid from the master cylinder reservoir.
I have found that I get the same result as Dan is describing.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:36 PM
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I have been running the EBC V-Pads, Dan. Very happy with them.
 
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Old 04-08-2017, 05:47 PM
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Evenin Woods, first ride of the year, 279 miles round trip. It was a little get together with the HOG chapter.
 



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