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Hi All,Getting a sort of Hissing sound when I apply the front brake on my R 1100 S, almost like that of air coming out of a tyre when you stick a match in the tyre valve,everything seems fine with the brakes & the fluid,just wondering if its just the pads friction sound that I can hear,its just that I have never heard that before on any other bike, Any ideas ! cheers,Gary.

I'm guessing it's just the sound of the pads over the holes in the discs?

If your pads aren't worn through to the rivets, wear ear-plugs

Bikerhoss wrote:If your pads aren't worn through to the rivets, wear ear-plugs

Rivets in brake linings! you must be as old as me to remember those.

I can remember on a YTS (Remember them?) at the tender age of 17 riveting friction material onto shoes for HGVs - I didn't really understand how critical that job was!!

ah the YTS scheme .... Young, Thick and Stupid ..... my kid brother got a placement at a Kawa centre I managed ..... he instantly became my mug of tea bitch

As above , it's just the drilled discs and pad material combination . Mines quite bad since the last disc change when I fitted EBC's and they really chew up pads too.....

The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:Rivets in brake linings! you must be as old as me to remember those.

tapper54 wrote:Hi All,Getting a sort of Hissing sound when I apply the front brake on my R 1100 S, almost like that of air coming out of a tyre when you stick a match in the tyre valve,everything seems fine with the brakes & the fluid,just wondering if its just the pads friction sound that I can hear,its just that I have never heard that before on any other bike, Any ideas ! cheers,Gary.

Brembo pads are notorious for making a hissing sound when applied firmly. That one of the reasons I use Brembo pads

DT

[quote="slparry"]ah the YTS scheme .... Young, Thick and Stupid

I was well qualified