Check your Brake's!!!

[Brute Force Boy]

I was checking my brakes on my 2011 Sportsman 850 touring when I was changing tires and I noticed that I had no pad left!!
This with only 929km on it and mostly trail riding and very little hill. I rarely use my brakes as the engine brakes on the sportsman are very good.
A friend I ride with that has the standard xp also found the same thing on his after I told him about it, he had around the same milage as me.

 

[kbrunlees]

I think if you ride in in any dusty areas especially with rock dust, it tends to chew up pads in a hurry, no matter what you drive!

 

[Brute Force Boy]

I just got the quad at the beginning of March this year and haven't been riding since the end of June so I don't see dust as being the cause of my short brake life anyway.

 

[tex78]

Mud chews them up also just turning.

sent from my htc

 

[Mike270412]

My prowler brakes were worse than that when I noticed.

 

[arff]

I can go through 3 sets a year. Mud,dust dirt. And stopping because a kawi broke down in front of me.

 

[Mike270412]

Ya but you never work,just quad all year.

I can go through 3 sets a year. Mud,dust dirt. And stopping because a kawi broke down in front of me.

 

[arff]

Ya but you never work,just quad all year.

Baaahhhh. I work OT Tuesday and head out Wednesday morning till nexy Tuesday quading. Is that what you are talking about???

 

[Mike270412]

yep..

Baaahhhh. I work OT Tuesday and head out Wednesday morning till nexy Tuesday quading. Is that what you are talking about???

 

[tmo1620]

Might have to check mine......... that looks ugly for only 900km

 

[sumx54]

I honestly can't believe you got that many km's on them. I get about 700km out of my brakes on my outlander . I also ride steep country though.

 

[Mike270412]

Brakes are highly over-rated.

I honestly can't believe you got that many km's on them. I get about 700km out of my brakes on my outlander . I also ride steep country though.

 

[sumx54]

Brakes are highly over-rated.

For some of us...lmao

 

[papajake]

check your brakes more often 900 and you just noticed

 

[DaveB]

Anyone on a Can Am can expect worse than that if you ride mud. I had metal/metal on all 4 corners with 315 miles on my new Renny. On my 07 Outlander I took the front brakes down to metal in ONE long weekend. Replace with EBC severe duty or DP sintered metal pads and yer good for years.

 

[whoDEANie]

Yeah, you were lucky to get that many clicks out of 'em. Try EBC pads, they're a bit cheeper than the poo-poo ones. I don't think EBC makes the severe duty ones for the sportsman yet, but see if you can get your hands on the SD's.

 

[dodgeguy]

Anyone on a Can Am can expect worse than that if you ride mud. I had metal/metal on all 4 corners with 315 miles on my new Renny. On my 07 Outlander I took the front brakes down to metal in ONE long weekend. Replace with EBC severe duty or DP sintered metal pads and yer good for years.

Yeah, you were lucky to get that many clicks out of 'em. Try EBC pads, they're a bit cheeper than the poo-poo ones. I don't think EBC makes the severe duty ones for the sportsman yet, but see if you can get your hands on the SD's.

What they said....back in the day I used to go through atleast 4 sets of pads in a year. OEM brakes SUCK....lol...as your well aware!!!

Have the EBC ones on the old girl now (prob. 700+miles) and still have lots of meat left, and this year I haven't avoided the mud as much as last year! Funny thing was at the time RDPS didn't have OEM just the EBC!

 

[Murminator]

Holy shat 900KM???? I'm lucky to get 500-600Km outta a set I use the EBC severe duty pads the stockers go even quicker cheapest place I found was @ rapid revolutions

 

[tukernater]

Well I'M Guessing,because I only have a 500 XT Max I get awsome brake pad life 3300 miles origanal brakes?27'S And I'm always doubling my wife. I'm 260 and she's 125 and we ride mountain train 70% of the time?Maybe I better check again.

 

[DaveB]

Well I'M Guessing,because I only have a 500 XT Max I get awsome brake pad life 3300 miles origanal brakes?27'S And I'm always doubling my wife. I'm 260 and she's 125 and we ride mountain train 70% of the time?Maybe I better check again.

Mud is what kills 'em....some of the Renegade guys who ride mostly dusty trails are getting several thousand miles out of the pads.