Goldwing Brake Pad Life

[FRR]

I know there are several conversion companies out there and they may all be a little different, and we all ride differently also, but how many miles are you folks getting out of front and rear brake pads before you have replaced them?

I appreciate your participation.

 

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

I have over 40,000 miles on my Champion and still have the original pads.
It is in storage for the winter and I will be replacing all of them this spring.

 

[Gold Rush]

I have over 45K on my '06 MotorTrike Adventure. Looked at the pads not long ago and they are plenty beefy still. I ride pretty hard and do use the brakes so I'm impressed with the longevity of these pads. :xszpv::xszpv:

 

[hisst]

12 GW Roadsmith with 68,000 miles and still about half there.

 

[jim489]

I have over 40,000 miles on my Champion and still have the original pads.
It is in storage for the winter and I will be replacing all of them this spring.

I have a 2008 Honda GL1800 Hannigan trike with 13,600 and I just changed the front brakes that were OEM Honda pads. Here is the wear numbers: L/H Inb. worn to limits with 1mm remaining. L/H outb. 2mm total remainiing with 1 mm left on wear indicator. R/H and L/H both 2-1/2 mm total remaining with 1-1/2 mm left on wear indicator. Honda OEM new pads were 4 mm total thickness with 3 mm on wear indicator. I just bought this trike and don't know what type riding was done since new. It was triked when the Honda was new.

 

[Blueribbon]

I have an '08 Roadsmith, and I went metal-to-metal at about 14,000. I honestly don't believe 68,000, bike, trike or any sporty type vehicle.

 

[Scarecrow]

I know there are several conversion companies out there and they may all be a little different, and we all ride differently also, but how many miles are you folks getting out of front and rear brake pads before you have replaced them?

I appreciate your participation.

I have had my 08 w/Lehman kit less than a year, had 20k on the clock and no meat left on the rear pads when I got it. From what I have read, this is a common issue with Lehman as far as brake wear? (I have the straight axle)

 

[msrvpeig]

I have 108k on my '05 MotorTrike and have NOT changed the rear pads. Honest! Front pads have been lasting 20-25k.

 

[jtilmon]

Triked our 2008 in 2010 - 16,000 on conversion rear brakes check recently and they look great. Front have never been changed but they are about 25% left and will be changed next week.

Brakes are cheap compared to our safety.

Ride safe.

 

[Chappy KC]

Can any of you actually make your rear wheels skid? I see plenty of posts where the rear brakes were very poor so I would expect them to last a long time since they don't really work anyway. I am not trying to be a smart alec. My rear brakes are useless and I don't even have 3100 miles on it.

 

[Solidbob]

No problem sliding my Roadsmiths with the now broken in Yellowstuff pads, rotors are smooth, pads look good and should be around for many braking miles... I use Versha Traxxion front pads and get 28 - 30K out of them... they'll stick your eyeballs on the windshield if you want to stop that hard... changing to pads that actually stop sure changes you pucker factor in case of a panic stop.... More FYI

 

[JaysGone]

I had to change my front pads at 20K. Down to bare metal on the left side outer pad.
2010 Motor Trike and rears still look brand new.
Im a rear brake user. Cant say what the OE did for the 1st 10K.
I was surprised to say the least with the fronts.

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Can any of you actually make your rear wheels skid? I see plenty of posts where the rear brakes were very poor so I would expect them to last a long time since they don't really work anyway. I am not trying to be a smart alec. My rear brakes are useless and I don't even have 3100 miles on it.

I can lock up the rears pretty easily if I try.
2010 Motor Trike.

 

[turner]

Goldwing brake pad life.

I have 60% left on my front wheel brake pads.Should I replace them, do you think?

 

[Mick]

I had to change my front pads at 20K. Down to bare metal on the left side outer pad.
2010 Motor Trike and rears still look brand new.
Im a rear brake user. Cant say what the OE did for the 1st 10K.
I was surprised to say the least with the fronts.

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I can lock up the rears pretty easily if I try.
2010 Motor Trike.

One of the things Goldwing owners forget is that the left side pads are also linked to the rear brakes at least on most trike brands. This would account for the left front pad wear on your trike possibly.

 

[JaysGone]

One of the things Goldwing owners forget is that the left side pads are also linked to the rear brakes at least on most trike brands. This would account for the left front pad wear on your trike possibly.

I was made aware of the linking after the fact.
I am now well aware of this.
Now I tend to use the rear brake pedal even more so.
The OEM pads on the rear disc brakes appear to be Ford automotive and are quite massive for the given weight they have to stop.

 

[Trikerbobbilly]

I have about 52000 miles on my 2000 MT and I just replaced the front brakes, the side that is linked to the back brakes was worn very thin and the other side still had about a 1/3 of the pads left but I went ahead and changed both sides. I bought the trike used about a year ago so can't say if those were the original pads or not.

 

[jfreelan]

I can slide my rear tires if I want to but I don't, I don't how many miles I will get on the rear but have 25000 on the Honda front brakes, just installed the Roadsmith HTS 1800 kit 600 miles back