Have a question concerning rear brakes

[Mykneesbehurtin]

This has probably been covered before but anyway,my buddy has a 09 Tri he would like to upgrade the rear brakes to the larger Dia rotors such as found on the 14's and up,so does the bracket have to be change or the calipers or both.

[Fearless]

This has probably been covered before but anyway,my buddy has a 09 Tri he would like to upgrade the rear brakes to the larger Dia rotors such as found on the 14's and up,so does the bracket have to be change or the calipers or both.

Yes you can very expensive cheaper than trading trikes though, dealer can fix him up but hold on. Fearless

[Mykneesbehurtin]

Well i called the Harley shop then called my buddy with the 09 tri after he stopped choking and gasping we agreed that we can make his rear brakes work better for less than the $1425 that HD wants for the components to switch it to the larger style rotors and calipers.Since I'm a toolmaker I will buy a set of the Ford focus rear rotors and cut them down then cross drill the rotors and if we get some quality sintered pads that should make a big difference.And if i can convince him to use his front brakes more than his rear that may also help.

[Gorilla]

Has he tried the EBC brake pads in the rear? They work great on my 13

[Mykneesbehurtin]

Has he tried the EBC brake pads in the rear? They work great on my 13

I am not sure when they increased the size of the rear rotors but the ones on his are much smaller than the ones that where on my 16.

[DK Custom Products]

Well i called the Harley shop then called my buddy with the 09 tri after he stopped choking and gasping we agreed that we can make his rear brakes work better for less than the $1425 that HD wants for the components to switch it to the larger style rotors and calipers.Since I'm a toolmaker I will buy a set of the Ford focus rear rotors and cut them down then cross drill the rotors and if we get some quality sintered pads that should make a big difference.And if i can convince him to use his front brakes more than his rear that may also help.

Use the front brakes, put some aftermarket pads on the rear, EBC, Lyndal, and USE the front brakes.

I put over 40k miles on my '11 (I think it had the same brakes as the '09) on the original rear pads. I could lock up the rear tires, I even used the rear brakes for trail braking in aggressive curves. But for primary braking I used the front brakes...btw, my front brake pads lasted over 50K miles.

I could go on...but dinner is ready.

Kevin

[Mykneesbehurtin]

Use the front brakes, put some aftermarket pads on the rear, EBC, Lyndal, and USE the front brakes.

I put over 40k miles on my '11 (I think it had the same brakes as the '09) on the original rear pads. I could lock up the rear tires, I even used the rear brakes for trail braking in aggressive curves. But for primary braking I used the front brakes...btw, my front brake pads lasted over 50K miles.

I could go on...but dinner is ready.

Kevin

My buddy some how thinks that using the front brakes will wear out his front tire to fast( cant try to convince him otherwise) but he can buy a bunch of tires for $ 1400.

[desertclassic]

A 14 or newer tri glide could be the answer. When you use the rear brakes, the front is also applied. The front brake is only the front. I usually downshift and then apply the rear, if I need to stop in a hurry, I will grab the front. Jim

[DK Custom Products]

My buddy some how thinks that using the front brakes will wear out his front tire to fast( cant try to convince him otherwise) but he can buy a bunch of tires for $ 1400.

I have some acquaintances that are of a similar mindset, not just what they think, but that they don't seem to be open to learning.

Just a few weeks ago I was on the Dragon and ran into 3 (THREE) different guys that had problems with their rear brakes fading to nothing in that short 11 miles. All of them were using only their rear brakes, not one of them was touching their front brakes.

One of them had to stop two separate times in 11 miles to allow his brakes to cool off so they would start working again.

Makes no sense to me. I have ridden the Dragon aggressively, on 2 wheels and on 3 wheels, never had my brakes even show a hint of fading. I use the front brakes before a curve, and sometimes the rear brakes for trail-braking in the curve.



I suspect that using front brakes will wear the front tire out faster than if you don't use them.

But as desertclassic mentioned, because so many riders ride unsafely, using only their rear brakes, HD went to linked brakes to compensate for this dangerous riding habit, forcing people to use their front brakes (which sort of ruined things for a bunch of us that don't like linked brakes).

Kevin

[rhino 2]

You can call me crazy but i use both brakes to stop..... I guess it a habit I've gotten into over the years when on occasion i don't feel like hitting something thats in front of me....

[rodekyll]

Why not link one front brake to the rear and keep the other one on the handlebar? That way he doesn't have to change his habits -- he can use only the foot brake and have some proper stopping too -- and he still has the front pump to trim speed. Less machine work, too.

[PosseRider]

EBC FA641/4HH Rear. F&S on Dixie got them for me. $60. for the rear axle. on the 16 brake . guess that is what you are upgrading to. Full sintered

[Gone2Three]

You can call me crazy but i use both brakes to stop..... I guess it a habit I've gotten into over the years when on occasion i don't feel like hitting something thats in front of me....

Hey if y'a got them...use both it's a lot safer.The linked break system on my Freewheeler doesn't bother me, it's just a bonus feature!