Hi guys! New guys here, just outside Detroit, MI--the Motor City.
I was a volunteer motor officer (motorcycle cop) for the 2007-2012 seasons, and it's standard practice for us to ride hours without ever putting a right foot down--you put your left foot down at lights, because the right is standing on your brake. (You also are never in neutral while riding--ever--in case you need to get outta the way fast!) Holding the brake leaves your lights on, and prevents rolling around.
My point is,... I'm riding my '12 Kawi now like I rode my Harley, left-down at lights/right on brake, and after 400 miles on this new bike, I now have a rear brake squeak, and the pulsing other folks are describing while braking. I also believe the brakes are very 'grabby' at a certain point after initially not providing much force at all, like they suddenly jump in force, but... that's another story.
Did they seriously do such a poor job picking discs for this bike that they're wearing out/warping this fast? I mean, if you can warp a rotor just sitting at a light because 'that part of the rotor isn't cooling as fast,'... someone FAILED, miserably.
Anyway,... consider my '12 possibly afflicted too. There's not much else to complain about, but that's certainly one thing.
PMC
I don't think so. You'd have to ride outside of your subdivision in order to fully test those pads...
"volunteer motor officer"? As in you did this without being paid?
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Yup, lots of our local departments in the area run reserves/auxiliary officers. Sheriffs in Michigan--from way back in the day--have always been allowed to deputize willing and able folks.
Wrongo, my friend. That may be in your locality but for the vast majority of counties in VA they serve summons/warrants and such, issue citations, provide law enforcement, and pull drunks off the road just like any other LEO would do. My nephew is a deputy in Mecklenburg county and does all of these things.
However, in the city of Fredericksburg they function similarly to what you state.
If I have to stop in the situation as I described above I've always made it a habit, on the bike or in the cage, to make sure that I have a lil room between me and the car in front of me so that I can release the brakes and roll a bit so that the hot spots under the pads can cool like the rest of the rotors.I started doing this also when I first heard of the rotor issue, probably back in late 07 or early 08. 100,000 miles and no brake problems.
> 73,000 on my '10, no warpage but worn THIN AS ALLNot that hard!! Mine only lasted 40000 miles
I'm hard on brakes