Got a question! Just purchased a brand new "06" 1K, my front brakes are squeaking pretty bad. The bike only has 61 miles on it total. It this just part of the breaking in stage? Please drop me a line if you know. Thanks alot.

 

do they squeak when they are warm?

 

The brakes on my last bike squeaked a lot, it was really really annoying... the story I got was some do and some don't... not much help I know. There is some pink goo that can be applied to brake pads to help prevent the squeaking but most people I talk to are loathe to put ANYTHING on their pads. You might get lucky and have the squeaking fade after a while or it'll cheese you off so much that you'll replace the disks and pads with new ones and try to sell your old ones to some sucker on ebay...

If you're *REALLY* lucky, you could go back to your shop and complain about warranties and such and get them to reseat the setup and hopefully fix the squeak.

In my case, they re-seated them and it got a bit better but I just made a habit of pulling the brakes a little harder than necessary and it seemed to get me out of the "squeak zone".

 

Thanks for the reply. It seems more like they are constantly rubbing on the rotor. They tend to squeak when I apply them and at slow speeds i can hear them rubbin on the rotor. What now? This happens reguardless how long i have been ridin

 

Mine does the same noise from new, it has 2.000 miles now and goes................

 

is it the front and the back that do it? Just wondering if maybe you can slightly ease some pressure off them by using the adjustment on the levers? Dunno if that will help, but just a thought.