Brakes; Breaking-In New Brake Pads And Discs - Triumph Street Cup Owner's Handbook Manual

Maintenance and Adjustment

Brakes

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1. Brake pads
2. Minimum thickness line
Brake pads must
accordance with scheduled maintenance
requirements and replaced if worn to, or
beyond the minimum service thickness.
Street Cup, Street Twin,
Street Scrambler, Thruxton,
Bonneville T100 and Bonneville T120
If the lining thickness of any pad (front
or rear brakes) is less than 0.06 in
(1.5 mm), that is, if the pad has worn
down to the bottom of the grooves,
replace all the pads on the wheel.
Thruxton R
If the lining thickness of any pad is less
than 0.04 in (1.0 mm) (front) or 0.06 in
(1.5 mm) (rear), replace all the pads on
the wheel.
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Breaking-in New Brake Pads
and Discs
Warning
Brake pads must always be replaced as
a wheel set. At the front, where two
calipers are installed on the same
wheel, replace all the brake pads in
both calipers.
Replacing individual pads will reduce
braking efficiency and may cause an
accident.
After replacement brake pads have
been installed,
caution until the new pads have
'broken in'.
New brake discs and pads require a
period of careful
will optimize the
longevity of the discs and pads. The
recommended distance for breaking-in
new pads and
(300 km).
During this period,
braking, ride with caution and allow for
greater braking distances.
ride with extreme
breaking-in that
performance
discs is 200 miles
avoid extreme
and