Thought maybe someone might be interested maybe not, as i have a 13,000 trip coming up i have had the bike serviced

and a good going over, as most on here would know the CVO is 18 months old now with 33,000ks and i wasnt sure if the

pads would see the trip out so i told them to change them, now this bike hasnt had a sedate life including 2 Snowy trips

in its short life and a fair amout of other twisty brake hungry riding, anyway i got the old pads back and very surprised how

much was left on them 40% i would say, everyone rides differently but just maybe the ABS systems on these newer bikes

make for better pad life (just my opinion) as this is a very heavy bike with my fat guts on it. 

P.S  thought i would start this thread to keep Markwoumla happy.

I would think that if you rode predominantly long outback ( countrry ) journies the Reading of total KLM`s on your speedo is irrelervant . Meaning 33,ooo country Klm is like ,say 11,ooo for a round town Cafe hopping Late sipping,to & from work rider where as the Pad wear would be more significant

Just had 40k service and pads fine . Maybe the linked brakes help too Mickle ?

I changed mine when I put the new wheels on before the Moama trip, only cause I had new rotors too.
I put the Lyndall golds in and the new pads had the same amount of meat that the old pads had so I don't think they were down much at all.
I will put them back on when the Lyndalls wear out. Point is they seem to last heaps I agree.

I have an 08 FLHT,so I have the brembo calipers on it. I replaced the original pads at 42,000kms, they still had meat on them. I now have 91,000 kms on her and I checked my brake pads this morning after I gave her a tub and they are still fine. BTW they are the brembo items, same as the originals. Hope this helps.