31-01-13, 02:18 AM
(31-01-13, 12:42 AM)His Dudeness link Wrote: Would you know what sort of mileage or time you've got out of the ebc disc packie?
Both are only fairly new on the bike but I expect good mileage and a good few years from both. I would expect them to be in there or there abouts with the originals for wear and tear.
The trick is to keep the sintered pads away from them. No need for them at all. Braid your hose first and fit the standard pads. They have good bite and will be more than up to the task. I'm surprised Darrsi only got a year. He must have been very aggressive along with his sintered pads plus other forces were in play I suspect. My standard rear that came off the Bandit 1200 was still in the spec limit and I had 40K miles up on that in 10 years and that is a buget bike with budget parts. I expect at least 40k too with the EBC but with a shorter lifespan (probably 4 years x 10K miles) as I use the Fazer daily.
I wonder was there a period on Darrsi's bike that maybe his back brake was iffy and slightly siezed and in contact his disc unaware. I have never heard of someone going through a disc in a year unless some abnormal forces were at play. I was driving around town for the best part of a day in low gears with and didn't notice that my back brake was iffy and in contact with the disc. It's only later that I got out on the open road when I hand to wind it on a bit that the bike was being noticeably held back. Junked the caliper in the end for an FZ1000 baby.