Changed Brake Pads! What a PIA!
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05-23-2008 | 11:27 PM
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RE: Changed Brake Pads! What a PIA!
ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci
No problem there. I go thru rear pads like wildfire. I just replaced mine again in the motel parking lot at Myrtle last week. I can do those in about 5 minutes.
ORIGINAL: hogdoc
You think that was fun wait till you try to do the rears without pulling the wheel!
You think that was fun wait till you try to do the rears without pulling the wheel!
I was speaking in terms of someone that thinks the fronts were a PITA!
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05-23-2008 | 11:35 PM
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RE: Changed Brake Pads! What a PIA!
"Yeah I can do them in less than 5 minutes also thanks to all the practice I get due to guys like you that forget the front brake IS THE MAIN brake on a bike!
I was speaking in terms of someone that thinks the fronts were a PITA! "
Actually, I don't fit into that mold. I know exactly what brake is the main brake. I go thru brakes due to riding my rear brake alot doing tight turns practicing my slow maneuver skills that I learned in the HD Motor School.....Yeah, I know that "the gray area" of the clutchis the proper technique. However, I sometimes find it easier to do my controlling by feathering the rear brake. At any rate, I know it is easier on my clutch. I have 70k on my original plates. I figure I can swap brake pads easier than clutch plates...........Now on my work bike, it's another matter. I don't mind abusing the clutch in it. Repairs are on somebody else's dime.
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05-24-2008 | 01:48 AM
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05-24-2008 | 01:50 AM
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RE: Changed Brake Pads! What a PIA!
ORIGINAL: Avmech97
The real PITA isn't changing the pads although I will admit that they are a little aggrivating but the real pain is changing the brake rotors. I will be doing that this afternoon.[sm=biker2.gif]
The real PITA isn't changing the pads although I will admit that they are a little aggrivating but the real pain is changing the brake rotors. I will be doing that this afternoon.[sm=biker2.gif]
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05-24-2008 | 02:39 AM
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05-24-2008 | 03:07 AM
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RE: Changed Brake Pads! What a PIA!
You think that was fun wait till you try to do the rears without pulling the wheel!
I figure the fronts are way easier, but next time I do those I'm not going to remove the wheel. If you can do the rears without removing the wheel, why remove the front?
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