NBT: I've bought a Honda!

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Re: NBT: I've bought a Honda!

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Skub wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 4:52 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 1:37 pm It's now 6 years old, 19,500 miles, new brake pads fitted today, old ones has about 0.5mm of pad material left and had started to make a slight noise.
You bought the Homda around the same time as I bought my Zed,we've covered similar miles (26k for me) and changed the front pads at the same time. :thumbup:

It doesn't mean we're engaged or anything.
Get a room.
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Skub wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 4:52 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 1:37 pm It's now 6 years old, 19,500 miles, new brake pads fitted today, old ones has about 0.5mm of pad material left and had started to make a slight noise.
You bought the Homda around the same time as I bought my Zed,we've covered similar miles (26k for me) and changed the front pads at the same time. :thumbup:

It doesn't mean we're engaged or anything.
I bought mine about same time.

I'm on 5th set of pads :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 6:42 pm I'm on 5th set of pads :obscene-birdiedoublered:
It's your age. Sometimes excitement allows a little to escape,then those pads do their job. :P
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Re: NBT: I've bought a Honda!

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Yorick wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 6:42 pm
Skub wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 4:52 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 1:37 pm It's now 6 years old, 19,500 miles, new brake pads fitted today, old ones has about 0.5mm of pad material left and had started to make a slight noise.
You bought the Homda around the same time as I bought my Zed,we've covered similar miles (26k for me) and changed the front pads at the same time. :thumbup:

It doesn't mean we're engaged or anything.
I bought mine about same time.

I'm on 5th set of pads :obscene-birdiedoublered:
That's because you're only fast in a straight line and brake really hard for the corners then trickle round them just off vertical :D
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:obscene-birdiedoublered:
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 8:32 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 6:42 pm
Skub wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 4:52 pm

You bought the Homda around the same time as I bought my Zed,we've covered similar miles (26k for me) and changed the front pads at the same time. :thumbup:

It doesn't mean we're engaged or anything.
I bought mine about same time.

I'm on 5th set of pads :obscene-birdiedoublered:
That's because you're only fast in a straight line and brake really hard for the corners then trickle round them just off vertical :D
:obscene-birdiedoublered: :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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I've still got loads of pad left on mine at 11k and they are the originals. Either pads are lasting longer or I'm not riding like as much of a tit as I used to! Keep toying with the idea of switching to Brembo SA road pads to try and get some extra bite/feel, but the OE breaks aren't terrible, just not great and the Brembo are £48 a side. So yeah not bothered yet.
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Wtf keeps a bike long enough to need pad changes! :wtf: :D
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Taipan wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 10:46 am Wtf keeps a bike long enough to need pad changes! :wtf: :D
Not like you to be funny :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Taipan wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 10:46 am Wtf keeps a bike long enough to need pad changes! :wtf: :D
Actually that's a good about bikes of old. Until I was 30 I'd only keep a bike for 18 months or so.
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20,000 in three days!
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Re: NBT: I've bought a Honda!

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Been out this morning, mileage is now 20002, which is nicely symmetrical.
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