RT brakes "chirping"

[MangoMike]

Rode a friends brand new RT SE5 today for about 35 miles. Every time I applied the brakes it sounded like a bunch of crickets chirping. This also happened when I rode the demo bike at a local dealer. Salesmen said that I needed to press the brake harder. I tried that today, but it didn't make any difference. Seems as though once I slowed down the sound went away.

Is this normal or is there a problem?

Mike

 

[spyryder]

Rode a friends brand new RT SE5 today for about 35 miles. Every time I applied the brakes it sounded like a bunch of crickets chirping. This also happened when I rode the demo bike at a local dealer. Salesmen said that I needed to press the brake harder. I tried that today, but it didn't make any difference. Seems as though once I slowed down the sound went away.

Is this normal or is there a problem?

Mike

My GS has always made a cricket type sound....not very loud. It's the drilled rotors doing that and it's normal.

 

[BajaRon]

Birds chirp, tires chirp, but brakes are not supposed to chirp.

Could also be the ABS system. It's normal and you get used to it.