Galfer wear rate on the K8.....

[Warchild]

Hmmmmm.... I've been running Galfer Wave rotors and their HH pads for many, many years now, on many different bikes, for countless tens of thousands of miles....

And never have I had them wear as fast as they appear to be wearing on this K8.... of the 4 pads I pulled after just 13,000 miles of use, this left inner pad seen below had the *most* material remaining.... the other three looked worse!

I am holding it next to a relatively new stock pad for comparison purposes:

Top pad is the Galfer HH with 13,000 miles on it, bottom is an OEM Suzuki brake pad with maybe 1000 miles on it.

While I still have some amount of miles to go before these pads are completely toast, I depart for the Start Line of the Utah 1088 Endurance Rally this coming Wednesday evening. Between traveling to/from Utah, plus the mileage I'll accumulate during the event itself, I'll likely do well over 3000+ miles just that weekend itself, and I do NOT want to be sweating my brakes during this competition.

So these Galfer pads are outta here; I'll run with the stock pads for this event.

 

[Italian Trev]

or just dont brake

 

[Fate]

My back pads on my Gen1, were toast after 9,000 miles. My front still have some life. I got about 20,000 out of my Honda's pads. I do use my back breaks but did not think I used them that much.

 

[Warchild]

or just dont brake

I actually do quite a bit of engine braking, and I figured they may be why I tend to average a good 15K-20K of Galfer HH brake pad lifespan on my other bikes.

This shorter lifespan on the K8 just caught me a bit off guard. And after my recent little BT-015 adventure, I ain't chancing nuthin'...

so, I tossed 'em and slipped in the stockers for now.