RTL - brake pad replacement intervals. Just replaced my first set of pads at 21,000 miles. Is this a decent accumulation of mileage? I do not ride aggressively, maybe 20% 2-up, and a mix of highway vs back roads. Price of OEM pads - front, $142 total; rear, $76. Any suppliers of OEM pads that are cheaper?
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RTL - brake pad replacement intervals. Just replaced my pads at 21,000 miles. Is this a fair mileage?
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safecracker
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On my '21 RTL I changed the rear pads at 33,000 miles. OEM pads had a little life left in them. At 37,000 miles, I am still on the OEM front pads. As Mikey stated, I use EBC replacement pads from Baja Ron.
PJveetwin
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Just replaced the stock pads at 29K. Fronts could have gone longer, rear was getting too close. Replaced with EBC pads. Flushed the fluid while I was there using the Phoenix system, first time, was at 3%, had checked it in the past. Activated the ABS a few times, then flushed again. New front tires, original Kenda's, oil change, ready for the summer!
pegasus1300
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@TOY-TK, you didn't say what the thickness remaining on your pads was when you changed them out. The pads are actually good down to 1mm, quite thin. If you had more than that you could have gone longer. I under stand your desire to clump a lot of the work into one session, I find it interesting that the rears go faster then the fronts. BajaRon has EBC pads at a reasonable price, they last longer then OEM pads, and they stop better. Enjoy your freshened up Spyder, I hope you get to ride to lots of fun places. Post pictures, we are a visual lot.
The brake pad material was worn down to the point that the groove was almost not visible. I will see what kind of mileage I get out of this second OEM pads. At that point I may switch to the EBC pads (recommended by @pegasus1300) and see what that gets me. Also for planning purposes what have you guys experienced for drive belt life. I'm presently at 21,000 miles on the bike and drive belt from new.
pegasus1300
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My belt started shedding teeth at a mileage in the high 70's, I don't remember exactly what now. I found a used one on eBay with only 20 something thousand and it has worked great so far (about 5000) so far.
I've seen belts here in Oz that are running quite safely & successfully with well beyond 200,000 kms on them, and I know of at least a few belts that've topped 150,000 km with quite a few small holes punched thru them by small bits of gravel (both the sprockets needed to be filed smooth after the 'chip seal' episode that I personally witnessed which caused the sprocket & belt damage in the first place; but once that was done, that belt's been running fine ever since, for more than a decade of riding now!) However, I've also seen a couple of belts that'd been run either too tight or too loose which wore their teeth out of shape; or occasionally, slipping or over-tight belts caused the teeth on one or both of the sprockets to wear out of shape. So I guess your belt life depends somewhat upon where you ride, how loose/tight you run your Spyder's belt, and how hard you work that belt as you ride. 
And that means that really, 21,000 miles on a belt means it's pretty much brand new, probably barely run in; altho given the wide range of variables that might have an impact on belt life, I'd suggest that you probably should just keep an eye on your sprockets & the belt, maybe by inspecting them all every now and then, or at least at each service, and basically, just...
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And that means that really, 21,000 miles on a belt means it's pretty much brand new, probably barely run in; altho given the wide range of variables that might have an impact on belt life, I'd suggest that you probably should just keep an eye on your sprockets & the belt, maybe by inspecting them all every now and then, or at least at each service, and basically, just...
Ride More, Worry Less!
