Do you Need better brakes coz stock discs are twisted?

[Mikey]

I am on my 5th RT Ltd since 2011 and never had an issue pulling a RT622 trailer on the 2011, 2014, and 2016. I've never had a brake disc problem either, but the 2020 and 2023 have cost me 6 sets of discs. I brake using engine compression like crazy but that can't always be enough, and only once did I have to use heavy braking!!! So in my book, the quality since 2020 really took a dive for the worst, probably made in China Brembo. I have just received my new floating disc brake from Martin and sure hope these good looking discs will do the trick!

In all of those brake jobs you have done, were they all stock pads and rotors you replaced them with? Have you ever tried EBC?

 

[RayBJ]

2 year old thread revived! My 2020 RT had a warped right rotor after 1 year and 15k miles of spirited riding. I replaced both front rotors with EBC and only use EBC pads (incl. on all bikes since 2010). Replaced the EBC pads at 36k and have 44k trouble-free miles so far. YMMV.

 

[BajaRon]

Old thread... Current issue.

Had a customer with an F3 that went through 3 OEM rotors. Warranty covered them all. (I applaud the dealership for this level of service. Many will tell you that the rotor is considered a wear component and not covered). Anyway, with the 4th warped rotor he came to us for EBC replacements because the warranty had expired and it was on his dime this time.

He never had another warped rotor. We've had similar encounters, but none as drastic as this one. We have a number of customers convert the front rotors and pads just to get improved stopping power. It is great to be able to recommend something proven to work well.

 

[Dansy]

My 2024 RT STS had a surprising 71 km when I got it new. Yes, my bill of sale says 0 Km’s, and the discs where warped… I have not gone back to that dealer since, they will never get my money again…

Anyway, I changed the discs and pads, but then when on a group ride 2 up with trailer and very spirited driving… yep, I warped that set as well; and I warped a third set. Pretty much the same thing happened, only this time I didn’t have much mileage on the new set and warped only one side.

So I got a set of floating discs from Martin and I will install those in the Spring when the bike comes out of the second garage (there's snow here) and do a proper break-in this time. I’m no longer 2 up, got the wife an F3…

Hopefully this set will be it. We do lot of mileage, I purchased it Aug 2024 and I've already got 30,000 Km’s

The first set were stamped Brembo; the other 2 sets were EBC, with EBC Pads…

 

[BajaRon]

My 2024 RT STS had a surprising 71 km when I got it new. Yes, my bill of sale says 0 Km’s, and the discs where warped… I have not gone back to that dealer since, they will never get my money again…

Anyway, I changed the discs and pads, but then when on a group ride 2 up with trailer and very spirited driving… yep, I warped that set as well; and I warped a third set. Pretty much the same thing happened, only this time I didn’t have much mileage on the new set and warped only one side.

So I got a set of floating discs from Martin and I will install those in the Spring when the bike comes out of the second garage (there's snow here) and do a proper break-in this time. I’m no longer 2 up, got the wife an F3…

Hopefully this set will be it. We do lot of mileage, I purchased it Aug 2024 and I've already got 30,000 Km’s

The first set were stamped Brembo; the other 2 sets were EBC, with EBC Pads…

That's impressive that you were able to warp a set of EBC rotors. Any rotor can be warped, of course. Some just require more effort. Did you go through the bedding in process? Were you torquing in at lest 2 steps to the correct value? Were you, by chance, sitting stopped, applying pressure on the brake pedal with very hot rotors and pads?