MNellis wrote:
After riding about 45 minutes the front brakes feel pretty good although towards the end they've developed a pretty loud squeal when first applying the brakes. That's great! Now it can join my '76 GL1000 whose rear brake squeals so loud I'm embarrassed to ride it.
Have you tried applying brake grease? I found a guy on another site who did this...
"I cleaned out the old grease from between the back of the pad and the caliper face, replenishing it with a fresh coat of brake caliper lube that I picked up from Auto Zone. When you do this, be careful not to get the grease on the brake pad face."
Or go here to see a better size of the pic..
http://somemonkey.com/category/brake-caliper/Hondas are famous for squeeling brakes. My 81 GL is so quiet the only thing you hear going down the highway are the brake disks squeeling. The cause is dirty disks. Put the bike on the center stand and lift the front wheel. Use a clean cloth with brake cleaner on it. Spin the tire and wipe both sides of the disk. Turn it in both directions. If this doesn't do it pull the caliper and clean the pads. Also, make sure the STOCK Honda backup springs are installed on the pads. Once there are a few miles on the brakes it should get more miles between cleaniing. I believe the prime culprit is brake dust.
