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KTM front brake squeal
Just got my AdventureR, LOVE it. But after
60 miles the front brake works from higher
speeds but then just squeals/groans for the last few yards and you can feel the viabration through the bars. Its a big bike
(and rider) so are AdventureR's prone to glazing/cooking their pads with hard(ish) road use?
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Hi wastegate,
you can override this (little) problem by making some cuts wit a thin saw in the brake pads.
Soft pads helps too! ))
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Cheers badwolf, but what pads? Hard catalogue
lists Ferodo ID450, Texstart 4069GF,
Toshiba (I thought they made TV's !) H38 and
TT2701. Any suggestions?
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Hi Wastegate,
I'm using Brembo D450FF.
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Pietro Tosetti (KTM EGS 640 Adventure R 2000 "Drago") &
Patrizia Coari (Honda Dominator 650 "Brontolo")
Milano - GFC 23 & 24 - EChM 499 <A HREF="http://www.pitpat.it
A" TARGET=_blank> http://www.pitpat.it
A</A> volte un atteggiamento rigido e' conseguenza di una paralisi.
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Pietro Tosetti (KTM EGS 640 Adventure R 2001 \"PRIS\") &
Patrizia Coari (Honda Dominator 650 \"Brontolo\")
Milano - GFC 23 & 24 - EChM 499 <A HREF=\"http://www.pitpat.it
A\" TARGET=_blank> http://www.pitpat.it
A</A> volte un atteggiamento rigido e\' conseguenza di una paralisi.
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This is a common problem with many KTM's, my last Duke II also had the same...
Copperslip did not work, and BMW brake paste did until the next large rainfall.
I have heard from many sources that it is the pads...
Regards
JT
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No worries -- easy to fix. EBC Kevlar pads (set no FA 208) do the trick...
Toss the old ones (don't waste time filing and cutting and wotnot -- save yourself the bother).
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