I have no experience with st1300 brake pads

beeker · Apr 14, 2015

Today is finally a gorgeous day and there are bikes out everywhere!

Bought my 2004 in August 2014. Just replaced the 6905 bearings (just in time) and am draining the hypoid for replacement as I type. Oil change and a little wiring and I am ... On .... THE ....ROAD!

1) The photo shows the thickness of the rear brake pads. Not having seen new ones I have no idea of the wear on these. Do they have enough life left for a season?

2) Some of the wiring on my 'to do' list involves the fork mounted driving lights. These lights are grounded to the reflector bolts at the bottom of the fork. From what I understand this will adversely affect the head bearings and I am inclined to run a 2 strand wire back to a fuse block. (install a nautilus horn at the same time) Am I right to be concerned about my steering bearings?

Thanks for your opinions.
Dennis

Papa · Apr 14, 2015

I'd go ahead and change them, but that's just me.

Mellow · Apr 14, 2015

If you look at the picture and see that tiny gap, that is the wear indicator.

dduelin · Apr 14, 2015

The wear indicator is visible on the RH pad as the small dark rectangle. When it begins to touch the disk it's time to replace. I'd say you have half the life left. Sometimes the other pad or the trailing edge of the pad wears more ( or less ) but the depth of the wear indicator you can see usually accounts for asymmetric wear.

And yes, I'd ground the lights to the frame itself not the forks.

Mellow · Apr 14, 2015

Mellow said:
If you look at the picture and see that tiny gap, that is the wear indicator.

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jmcarruth · Apr 15, 2015

beeker said:
Today is finally a gorgeous day and there are bikes out everywhere!

Bought my 2004 in August 2014. Just replaced the 6905 bearings (just in time) and am draining the hypoid for replacement as I type. Oil change and a little wiring and I am ... On .... THE ....ROAD!

1) The photo shows the thickness of the rear brake pads. Not having seen new ones I have no idea of the wear on these. Do they have enough life left for a season?

2) Some of the wiring on my 'to do' list involves the fork mounted driving lights. These lights are grounded to the reflector bolts at the bottom of the fork. From what I understand this will adversely affect the head bearings and I am inclined to run a 2 strand wire back to a fuse block. (install a nautilus horn at the same time) Am I right to be concerned about my steering bearings?

Thanks for your opinions.
Dennis

Check your front pads too! My experience is they wear out a little quicker and a little more uneven. If you need to replace, go ahead and replace all three calipers at the same time. OEM pads are the best, followed by EBC. Cost you about $120 for all three sets.

vinny · Apr 15, 2015

+1 on grounding the lights to the frame... one should never pass electrical current through bearings! The electrical arching will pit the bearings and the race.

beeker · Apr 16, 2015

Thanks for all the great feedback esp the pics. I have not had the front off yet (the fork mounted lights will be rewired in the next few days) but am sure I would have been concerned about the front pad thickness so appreciate the pics. Good advice on having the pads on hand. I'll start the shopping process now.

I have no experience with st1300 brake pads

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