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headshrink · March 26th, 2009, 01:29 PM

I haven't picked up a set of replacements yet.... so I am totally going by memory here, but I am pretty sure when they where new they were defiantly thicker that the metal backing plate itself....(the backing plate is ~3.25mm by itself) so maybe a new pad was~ 5, likely even a little more???
The dealer said I probably had ~500 - 1000mi. left on them before they needed replacement, which was almost 500mi ago. Now at that time, when eye-balling it, the pads where roughly equal to the backing plates. So if I went off the past 500mi. estimates I am running through ~1mm per 500mi. (rounding that off quite a bit). However, I have ~7500 mi. on the bike (original pads), so that would mean if all things where held constant (they never are), the pads were ~15mm when new... can that be right!!??

March 26th, 2009, 01:29 PM	#3
headshrink ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Bob Location: CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250r, '14 CBR500r Posts: A lot.	I haven't picked up a set of replacements yet.... so I am totally going by memory here, but I am pretty sure when they where new they were defiantly thicker that the metal backing plate itself....(the backing plate is ~3.25mm by itself) so maybe a new pad was~ 5, likely even a little more??? The dealer said I probably had ~500 - 1000mi. left on them before they needed replacement, which was almost 500mi ago. Now at that time, when eye-balling it, the pads where roughly equal to the backing plates. So if I went off the past 500mi. estimates I am running through ~1mm per 500mi. (rounding that off quite a bit). However, I have ~7500 mi. on the bike (original pads), so that would mean if all things where held constant (they never are), the pads were ~15mm when new... can that be right!!??