Reply With Quoteyour probably have uneven pad deposits on the rotor. a more aggressive pad will probably smooth it out with a bed in cycle, and provide much better braking. something like an ebc hh or hawk hh rated pad
Recently purchased the buell and am finally getting to take it out on the road. Everything seems to run/work well but my cousin first noticed and then I did as well, a 'chatter/shudder' in the from brake/wheel when it was grabbed hard. I had been taking it easy on it but my cousin gave it a good ride and mentioned it to me and I did a hard slow down and felt it too. Any idea what it would be/how to fix it? I was thinking of 1. bleeding the breaks, 2. replacing the pad and/or 3. scrubbing the rotor with brake cleaner and a schotch brite. I got some info from finding this thead: http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Foru...-Brake-Shudder
It just clicked over 8000 miles, so I'm thinking the rotor isn't warped but don't know for sure. Just looking from some input or if anyone else had had this problem. Thanks.
your probably have uneven pad deposits on the rotor. a more aggressive pad will probably smooth it out with a bed in cycle, and provide much better braking. something like an ebc hh or hawk hh rated pad
You dont think you could simply have a warped rotor? I bought mine at 8,000 miles had a severely warped rotor. Replaced with EBR race rotor no issues 12k later
Sound like a warped rotor to me. Had mine replaced under 10,000 miles and it did it again. Where might i get a ebr racing rotor .
EBR Rotor
Hardware youll need
This is where youd normally get one, unfortunately it says out of stock. Might wanna contact them about when and if theyll be making more
Other brake options
Ive no experience with the brake rotors listed, but its at least an option
A new rotor would work to but id bet money on uneven pass deposits. You can feel pulses if the thickness varies by less than .001"
Alright, thanks for the quick responses. I'm back at school but I'll order a new brake pad and see if that fixes it first (always try the cheaper route first haha). If not then rotor will be the next replaced. How can you tell if the rotor is warped or do you just have to assume if the pad doesn't fix the problem?
Konarider, what is the difference between the HH brakes? I found the ebc for $57 http://www.perfectbrakes.com/products.asp?cat=1223 and there are just ones from motorcycle superstore http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...olt-Parts.aspx
I'm not really familiar with brake pads?
The hh or double h is a friction rating. They are a sintered metallic pad that has.good initial bite and resists fade better than organic with less dust usually. The organic have less bite, more dust, and fade quicker. The race pads dont work when cold (ie normal street riding). I tried lyndall gold pads and they just.suck in every way compared to a hh rated pad. Read about motorcycle brake bed in procedure.
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