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Author Message   Yamafreak Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 11:11 am:        It's raining in Maryland today so time to change my brake pads. Are there any tricks I should know?   Andymnelson Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 11:17 am:        Turn the wheel so the caliper is centered between 2 spokes. GENTLY pry the pad open with a flat blade screw driver. Take top caliper mounting bolt out, loosen the bottom one, so the caliper pivots on it. Remove pad mounting pin. Remove pads. Reverse. Seriously like a 10 minute job on our bikes! DON'T FORGET TO PUMP THE BRAKES UNTIL THEY GRAB BEFORE RIDING!!   Skifastbadly Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 12:19 pm:        Front or rear? On the rear, you'll need something to push the piston back into place before you put in the new pads. I used a piece of wood.   Yamafreak Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 12:36 pm:        Pads are replaced! Thanks to Andymnelson&Skifastbadly   Yamafreak Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 12:38 pm:        The pads were the $26 pads off e-bay. I will give an update when it stops raining.   Skifastbadly Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 07:02 pm:        If we don't hear from you again, we'll know what happened.   Swimmonkey Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 09:45 pm:        Andymnelson - Funny you said it is a ten minute job. I bet my neighbor (a 1200 GS owner) that I could change my pads in ten minutes. It took me 4 min. 35 sec. (And I'm still here to tell the tale!)   Andymnelson Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 11:36 pm:        Haha awesome! I actually just installed a new rotor and pads in under 20....I thought that was pretty sweet. I love working on our bikes!   Yamafreak Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 01:53 pm:        The new pads are working GREAT! And the new Flash is Great, have been riding in shorts all day, close to 90 today.   Hughlysses Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 06:46 pm:        One step you guys are leaving out that may come back later to bite you- before you shove the pistons back into the caliper, you should clean the brake dust off of them. Otherwise the dust can cause the pistons to stick causing weird problems like the brakes coming on by themselves and locking up. DAMHIK   Ourdee Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 06:56 pm:        Yamafreak, Check this out;http://sportbike.natkd.com/road_rash.htm   Jaylightnn08 Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 07:35 am:        yea ourdee, i live in florida. I see soooo many fools riding in shorts and flip flops with no helmet. Hope they never find out what that girl did.   Yamafreak Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 10:10 am:        She got ripped off a bike at God knows what speed. I hope I never ride with him. If he had a Uly she would still be on the back (triple tall and not all that fast!)   Snub13 Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 09:09 am:        I would have beaten her "friend" Shaun to a pulp!

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