2023 RT - What do you guys get for miles between Brake Pad Replacements?

[Fjrwillie]

Just replaced my brakes on a 2023 RT-S at 17123 miles. Not sure what the typical miles are for this series. My 2015 has 93,000 miles on it and I can look at the milage for each repair such as tires, oil, brakes, and other milages.

This is the first brake job for this one. Fronts were way more worn than rear, which makes sense to me, since they do most of the work..

What do you guys get for miles between brakes.

Willie

 

[Bob L]

20,000 when I changed mine on my 2022 RT

 

[safecracker]

I replaced the rear brake pad at 30,000 miles. Fronts are still original. I have alittle over 36,000 miles on the Spyder.

 

[C. Lee]

Fronts were grinding on rotors at 15k, rears changed at 13k were almost grinding

 

[Redbeard]

Only about 13-14k miles. My 2023 RT-L had the first set at 13k miles and I am feeling a warped right front rotor now at 28k miles. Today I shall pull the front tires to look at how much pad is left. I am pretty easy on the brakes so it does not make sense why the short life span of the pads. This pad usage seems to match what my 2020 F3-L was using also.

 

[JayBros]

Brake pad replacement is like tire replacement, excluding the OEM Crapendas, it depends on how you ride. The least expensive initial approach is to call Bajaron and talk to him about EBC fully sintered brake pads. You will learn a lot. Next ask him about EBC rotors. The combination of the two will stop you like the hand of God and will last a lot longer than the OEM pads and rotors.

 

[JimH]

When I first got my 2017 F3-L, I followed what the dealer told me - do not engine brake let the system do it for you, it knows better. That got me 8K - yes I was shocked too. I started engine breaking and have 25K on them so far. Engine braking (as I learned here) makes a world of difference.

 

[BUZZARD II]

2016 RT-S had it since new. Second set of rear pads at 45,000 miles in late Spring. Never anything done to the front. Personally I find the braking power of my Spyder to be miserable. It's always been underperformed at stopping.

I have a Gold Wing that can stop so hard your eyeballs pop out. But then I've never hit anything with the Spyder, so I guess it's OK, just barely.

 

[Cosmo]

Replaced rear original pads and front @ 20k. ( front pads good have gone longer)

 

[IGETAROUND]

I'm harder on my brakes than my wife is. We put 15-20K a year on the bikes rattling around back roads. I've found it is just easier and cheaper to replace the brake pads all the way around every year than to try and guess when I'm going to need pads before I score the rotors. Pads are so much cheaper than rotors.

Al in Kazoo

 

[Cobranut]

I bought mine with just under 10k miles. The pads looked a bit thin, so I ordered as set of EBC pads.
After comparing them, I realized I still had over half the pad thickness from new, so I hung the new pads on the wall and will wait until I need to change them.
I'm at around 12.5k miles now, and I estimate the pads will easily last 20k or more.

Buzzard II, you might want to get your brake system checked out.
Mine will stop nearly as hard as any of my sports cars.

 

[TheMariner]

Buzzard II, you might want to get your brake system checked out.
Mine will stop nearly as hard as any of my sports cars.

Agreed... mine stops on a dime too.

 

[Fjrwillie]

Thank you all form the responses. Seems I am about average on the pads. I do engine brake, and ride the gears on the Spyder just like my 2 wheelers. Semi aggressive style. Sometimes those twisties are just too much fun.

Willie