i have a 04 1k rr with 1400 miles and when i use the front brake i get a griding/humming noise is this normal or do I have defective pads or some thing. The noise goes away as soon as i get off the brake.

 

sounds to me like you either have no pads left ,something stuck between your pads and your discs or if its more of a buzzing noise do you havs heavily sintered pads because they do make a lot of noise!!

 

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i have plenty of pad left everything brake wise looks fine but i get the noise when brakes are applied

 

you need to go into the caliper, remove it from the fork, and remove the pads, inspect the surfaces.

Reach up into the caliper a remove the sorta "H" looking piece of steel that presses the pads against the rotors, and throw that lil piece of garbage away.

That is the "anti-squeel" plate, and it causes the rotors to wear and the pads as well, and will also cause the additional noise.

You will notice a slightly better bite from the brakes, as well as outright power, as the rotors temp is being more controlled.

Dont worry about the pad noise itself. If you want NO noise, but lots of dust, get a set of the Galfer Green pads.

William Kenefick
Retrosbk.com

 

If you're talking about a mild noise in the front end that you can feel rather than hear, it's probably nothing. My '05 has done it from day one, and my RC51 does it too.