charan87

Hello there

I am facing a weird problem with my FZ. I have read so much about FZ brakes in the other forums, saying they are the best and stuff!! initially i thought the same thing, brakes were just awesome then.
But from last 6 months(my bike is an year old) i am having a terrible time with my Rear brakes.
They JUST DO NOT BRAKE!!!! No matter how hard i hit my rear brakes, the Bike NEVER STOPS!! i should use dics also to slow it down quickly or to bring it to a halt!!!

i took it to the mechanic first time he said the brake liners have worn out!! So i went to the Yamaha show room and replaced my brake liners with new ones and it was k for a couple of months( not as good as before though).

2 months later the same problem again, this time i went and told the service guy about my problem, he said my brake liners have become hard due to your hard braking!! so he asked me to replace them again!!!
I bought new brake liners again from the Yamaha show room and replaced them!!

Now its barely been a week and i am having the same problem again!!!

Can anyone help regarding this please???

sunilg

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charan87

Thank you Sunil!!

I forgot to add to my first post, My riding style is pretty quick and i brake a little hard!! i do not know if that is the problem!!

Im guessin a bike like FZ should not be that delicate

vkavadia

Do you rest your right foot on the brake pedal? That could be a cause..

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charan87

I do not completely rest my foot on the pedal, but yes a part my front foot will be on the break pedal and hit the brakes when i have to.
Not sure if i actually "rest" my foot on the pedal, will observe nxt tym i m ridin and post
any other reason u can think of for this problem?

Honda_CBF

if you only use rear break for stopping/slowing then rear break will wear out faster. So use front break too.
Correct breaking technique is to use both front & rear breaks in 60:40 or 70:30 ratio.

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charan87

no i do use front brakes(70-30 i would say). first i hit the rear and once the bike slows down a lil i apply front brakes. but now its takin its own sweet time to slow down

prajnyan

You need to apply both the brake simultaneously, little more effort on front and less at back, and too much of braking, or keeping foot on brake heats up causing brake drum pads not to slow your bike down, Generally ppl experience this in ghats,.
So try to be overdependent on brakes, dont rev your bike when you know that you wont make the signal before it turns red and then suddenly brake, such frequent activity will spoil ur brake pads. I am amused your disc brake pads did not feel soggy or worn out for you, generally front brakes wear out faster.

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charan87

A lot like this happens wid him A LOT, usually i rush everywhere!!
Dis myt be the reason..But never thot it it could cause a seriuos problem like dis. Hmm will change my brake pads again and change my riding style and see

And if that turns out to be THE reason, den i wud be dissapointed that FZ has such delicate brakes


I HOPE NOT!!!

Lucky Luke

Hi Charan,

I shall agree that you more than probably (involuntarily) apply a - would it be small - pressure on your rear brake pedal by just having the tip of your foot touching it (to be ready if....as you day!), but doing this causes both over-heating and rapid wear of the brake pads. Many have this defect in their riding, some doing the same with their hands on front brake, and/ or clutch levers too!

However, I must say that these drum rear brakes on a bike of this character is a bit miserable! Nearly ALL the FZ-16s here (in Vietnam) have got rear disc brakes and this is one of the very first things I too did to mine. You can have a look at how it was done on a thread I have started in the UT section of this forum (lost in second page now!).

Then, once this was done, and after a short "running in" period (brakes too need that!), I went for a real test: I rode my bike for about 20 minutes on a not-yet opened thus empty stretch of a new road, doing "figures of an eight", accelerating as much as I could on that short stretch (to about 80kmh), braking to max power, turning, and again, and again.... Real race-like riding, and fun! Both of my brakes got buuuuuurning hot, but did not at any time loose their power. A rear drum would have lost it all, and my braking become very hazardous on front brake only!

Go for rear disc brake, don't hesitate!

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