Smokey i have Lyndall race pads in the front of my Street Glide and when you grab a fistfull of front its exactly what you hear...a gang of cicada! Bet you've just got new pads on the front....
Not according to the parts list in the bill... It had a full braking circuit flush but the pads were not replaced.I thought they might not be properly seated after being disturbed at first so I put 150kms on it last night. No difference.I've had a few bikes with ventilated discs, all silent.It's *not* "normal".
Mine does it to, the noise is up near the master cylinder, so I think it is something to do with the ABS.
Yeah I know were the actual ABS Unit is Paul !! What I was trying to explain without writing a bloody novel was the sound "feels" more like it is up high, not down by the brake calipers. Maybe it is because I'm pulling on the brake lever, sound transmitted via induction ?
Anyone *without* ABS have this noise from the front brake?
It seems unlikely, given that only Harleys seem to have noisy brakes. Gave the brakes a workout today but still doing it, does seem to vary just a little with speed and pressure though, going to bevel the pads and try a little copper grease on the backs of the pads and see if there's any noticeable effect.
Its the sintered pads on the vented discs
Well done PB. Amazing how you and smokey both thought it sounded like cicadas
