I don't think it's a rubbish system. Safe maximum rear braking is a good thing and a new disk at 46,000 miles is worth it........IMHO
Rear Brake Disc Worn Out at 46,000 Miles
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I don't think it's a rubbish system. Safe maximum rear braking is a good thing and a new disk at 46,000 miles is worth it........IMHO
Gabby
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Fecking hell
What are you doing - standing on the pedal ?!!!!! Yes that's ridiculous.Perhaps the engineering is the issue and rotten luck if you get cheese for discs?
motobiker
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There's a chap on advrider who has done 400,000 miles on his 'original' front discs....
seems they're getting a bit 'thin' now and will have to be replaced soon.. oh well.
seems they're getting a bit 'thin' now and will have to be replaced soon.. oh well.
This can go on and on and....
You may have followed someone througn a long series of bends and watched their brake lights going on and off, on and off continuously yet never touched your own; it often happens with me ....and I don't seem to comsume brake pads nor discs (either on the bike or in the car.) Everyone has a different style of riding - this is not intended as a criticism. Safety is the main factor and some rely on the brakes more than others. It was said that Nuvolari (anybody else old enough to remember ?) completed the TT course in an MG and afterwards he had not even scrubbed the makers name off the face of the brake shoe linings. Of course he slowed down by simply placing the car sideways on - so all this is not really relevant except to show we all have different styles!
You may have followed someone througn a long series of bends and watched their brake lights going on and off, on and off continuously yet never touched your own; it often happens with me ....and I don't seem to comsume brake pads nor discs (either on the bike or in the car.) Everyone has a different style of riding - this is not intended as a criticism. Safety is the main factor and some rely on the brakes more than others. It was said that Nuvolari (anybody else old enough to remember ?) completed the TT course in an MG and afterwards he had not even scrubbed the makers name off the face of the brake shoe linings. Of course he slowed down by simply placing the car sideways on - so all this is not really relevant except to show we all have different styles!
I don't think it's a rubbish system. Safe maximum rear braking is a good thing and a new disk at 46,000 miles is worth it........IMHO
but my disc didn't last 46k, it's virtually f*cked at under 14k. i think i'd like to decide when to apply the rear brake really. i've been doing it, with some success, for quite a while now.
AAMOI most of the wear was caused in the first 1900 miles when it also eat the original, weetabix rear pads.
Fecking hell
Perhaps the engineering is the issue and rotten luck if you get cheese for discs?
after the short life of my original pads (see above). i virtually stopped using the rear pedal altogether.
from my own experience, i would say that if i touch the front lever, the ecu bangs the rear on as hard as possible without tripping the abs. any additional pressure on the pedal activates the abs.
like i said. rubbish.
BBB61
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My original rear disc lasted 15000 miles. It was replaced FOC as a goodwill gesture by BMW (GB) but their attitude is that anything over 10000 miles is fair wear and tear, which is nonsense! The rear disc on my 1150 was replaced at 40000 miles, which given the amount of riding in London traffic it had to put up with was much more like it.
Of course there are also people who use the gearbox to slow - my 50 year old mate has always done this, really makes me cringe and I cannot get him out of the habit.
(I hear that some 1200s have a gearbox problem -
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(I hear that some 1200s have a gearbox problem -
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Val
That makes 3 of us from Calne on this Forum (camel-lady))
Thanks for the tip on the EBC...was looking at them as well...thought they might be crap
I have commuted for years to Oxford both on bike and in the early days (before my head exploded) in a car. In both cases tires, pads and discs seem to go on and on. I think it's due to knowing the road A4 then A338 like the back of my hand and using that gear box well - brakes don't come into it you, for the most part. Yes got ADV...wow there good (when you use them!!!)
What South West things are on then
Make that at least 5 TJW is in town too and SWMBO Kleine Blumen.
Keep an eye on the South West forum for the next meet. If you know a nice pub we can meet at, then feel free to tel us and we can go there
Val.
Of course there are also people who use the gearbox to slow - my 50 year old mate has always done this, really makes me cringe and I cannot get him out of the habit.
(I hear that some 1200s have a gearbox problem -
I too tend to use the gears to slow down. In some instances I don't actually need to use either brake at all, right to a standstill. Why should this make you cringe and why would you feel he needs to get out of the habit?
Unless your mate does what one of my trainees did the other day, 'changed to first at 25mph'
that makes them sing I'll tell you 
Val.
Gabby
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Be in the right gear for the speed is what I was taught
As my speed needs to reduce the lower gear I'm in. The GS responds well to maching the lower speed limits to the gear I find (30 and 40's). Bike stays nice and responsive and ready to burst into action. I also come down through the gears as I approach bends and back up as I rip out...always have done.
It's also exactly what the IAM and ROSPA preech (having done both).
Block changing when you stop is school boy stuff.....
As my speed needs to reduce the lower gear I'm in. The GS responds well to maching the lower speed limits to the gear I find (30 and 40's). Bike stays nice and responsive and ready to burst into action. I also come down through the gears as I approach bends and back up as I rip out...always have done.
It's also exactly what the IAM and ROSPA preech (having done both).
Block changing when you stop is school boy stuff.....
Gabby
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Make that at least 5 TJW is in town too and SWMBO Kleine Blumen.
Keep an eye on the South West forum for the next meet. If you know a nice pub we can meet at, then feel free to tel us and we can go there
Val.
Wagon and Horses, Beckhampton. Good food, lots of parking and nice and quiet in the week.
That makes 3 of us from Calne on this Forum (camel-lady))
I think you're missing an 'N' there...
40k+ out of a set of disks, I think you're doing well. Mine usually turn to cheese well before that (I've now had several sets warp on me and I don't sit at traffic lights with the brakes on either!!!).
Personally, I'm on the lookout for a decent set of after market ones that don't warp.
M
Wagon and Horses, Beckhampton. Good food, lots of parking and nice and quiet in the week.
Family away till Thurs... Fancy a meet?
M
Be in the right gear for the speed is what I was taught
Me too... Which is why I'm peeved about the cheesy disks as I hardly use the feckers!!!
M
Gabby
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Family away till Thurs... Fancy a meet?
M
Flying to the Hebrides early Tuesday and back on Thursday (work). How's Friday sound?
PS - Here's your missing n....... N
Jinxit
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Hi Gabby,
By the way DON'T wast your money on EBC replacement discs
Val.
Whats wrong with the EBC ones? what is avaliable/recommended instead?
Steve E
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Nothing wrong with EBC Discs and Pads
I have had an EBC rear disc on for the last 12,000 miles and i am very pleased with it. It is certainly lasting better than the original BMW disc which was completely worn out at 14,000 miles.
EBC disc was 5mm new and 12,000 miles later it is 4.9mm. My bike has ABS and i use EBC HH pads front and back. Rear pads were changed with the disc and there is still plenty of life left in them. Its the BMW discs and pads that are cr*p.
Steve
