Tires and Brake Pads: Longevity

[Monster Dave]

So I'm just curious to see how other riders and bikes compare for wear and tear of tires and breaks. I know that weight and displacement make a significant difference as does riding technique. However, I've gotten an amazing amount of longevity out of my parts and am pretty amazed.

Bike: 2003 Monster 620.
Tire mileage: 17,000 miles - Pilot Roads.
Break Pads (Front and Rear): +25,000 miles and counting.

How do you guys compare? What's the best you've gotten out of yours?

[Buckethead]

When something suddenly goes from being 1 piece to multiple pieces, it breaks.

The things you use to stop your bike? Brakes.

Just sayin. 

Also,

Bike - '06 Sport 1000
Tires - stock Pirelli Phantoms. I got 6600 out of the rear, and about another 1000 out of the front. Could have gotten a little more out of the front, but it was cupped pretty badly.
Brakes - 8500 miles and counting.

[Speeddog]

On the dual front disc bikes, the pads will last a *long* time.
I'd guess an average rider could get 40k out of 'em.
I've done ~100 bike services in the past year, and I've had one new set of front pads in stock the whole time...still got 'em. 

I'm at about 32k miles on my bike, 3rd set of pads, including the originals.
I replaced the OEM ones, 'cause I didn't like 'em.
Then I changed calipers, so another new set.
None of 'em are close to worn out at all.

Rear pad life depends very much on the rider, I go through 'em in about 10k miles, but I use the rear brake a good bit.
Some folks, they'll last forever.
Others, 7k miles and they're done.
I've seen a bike with one rear pad worn halfway through through the *backing plate*. 

Tires?
I've probably averaged 5k miles or so per set.
Rears worn out, fronts worn 'triangular' enough that the handling gets spooky.
Other than a set of Pilot Sports years ago, they've all been Diablos, other than the OEM Dragon Evos.

[He Man]

my rear pad was toast at 9,000 miles. my front pads are half gone at 11,000. they suck pretty bad, i have a replaceset of Ferodo Platniums sitting on my table, i just havent gotten aroudn to install them.

[DCXCV]

Bike: M695
Front Pads: 27.5k - just replaced them when I did a fork swap.  They had nothing left, but then I weigh more than most 6xx riders at 195
Tires: 17k out of my first front, about 8-9k on rears. On 2nd front/4th rear.

[Monster Dave]

It's interesting that the numbers tend to be all over the place. Every time I have service done I have them check my brake pads for me, but surprisingly they always say "plenty left, they still look new!" Amazing! I'm pretty easy on the brakes anyway, I tend to make the most of engine breaking since most of my riding is city.

[rockaduc]

The stock issue Pirelli Diablos needed replacing at 9k miles, replaced my front pads when I converted to 4 piston calipers over the winter (stockers still had plenty of life left in 'em), rear pads still OEM issue w/ 14k miles om 'em.

[ScottRNelson]

Bike: 2003 Monster 620.
Tire mileage: 17,000 miles - Pilot Roads.

Either M620s are way wimpier than I thought, or you're not having enough fun on that bike.  Or maybe the roads where you live don't wear tires as much as the ones around here.

I've never been able to go more than 4000 miles without wearing a rear tire down to the wear bars.  I used to get about 6000 miles from a front, but lately I just replace them both at the same time instead.

For rear brake pads, I get somewhere between 10K and 20K from them.  Fronts last quite a bit longer, but they have four times the surface area too.

[Monster Dave]

Either M620s are way wimpier than I thought, or you're not having enough fun on that bike.  Or maybe the roads where you live don't wear tires as much as the ones around here.

I've never been able to go more than 4000 miles without wearing a rear tire down to the wear bars.  I used to get about 6000 miles from a front, but lately I just replace them both at the same time instead.

For rear brake pads, I get somewhere between 10K and 20K from them.  Fronts last quite a bit longer, but they have four times the surface area too.

It's all flat rubberized asphalt out here in the desert. I know that I've pushed my Monster to the limit (at least its own limit), so I have just been considering myself fortunate up to this point. I even did a track day on my Pilot Roads!! LOL, that was fun!!! Took some time to get the left and right side of the tread to match again (the track was all right turns!!!). 

[corndog67]

I replaced the rear tire of my S4 about 300 miles after I bought it.   I've put about 2000 on it, and it's over half gone.   On nearly every large street bike I've owned, I usually get about 3000 out of a rear with any sort of street oriented compound, maybe 5000 out of a front, if it's a soft/sport/race compound, maybe 2000 for a rear, and about 4000 for a front.   

Brake pads vary.   I prefer the soft organic compounds, I'd rather replace pads than rotors, the semi metallic ones seem to score the rotors pretty good, the organics last less than 15,000, sometimes way less.   I very seldom use the rear brake, I hardly ever replace the rear pads. 

[somegirl]

My stock tires on my 695 lasted for 10k miles including 3 track days.  Actually they still had plenty of tread left, but I replaced them because they were squaring off.

My Pilot Road 2CTs are now also at 10K miles (no track days but plenty of twisties) and still doing great.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I suspect rider weight may play a factor, given that you weigh all of 80 lbs. 

[sbrguy]

2003 620

rear brakes every 6-6.5k miles
fronts never
tires pilot powers, front and back lasted around 7500 miles, rear was squared off, the front was down to wear bars, wouldnt' want to go that far again really.

i use my rear brakes a lot in slow parking lot maneuvers and slow speed stuff.

[Monster Dave]

I use a LOT of engine breaking around town so I'm sure that plays a lot into the longevity of my break pads.

[ScottRNelson]

I use a LOT of engine breaking around town so I'm sure that plays a lot into the longevity of my break pads.

But how do your brake pads hold up?