whent to garage today cos back brake is makin a grindin noise, He said i need the wheel off to apply copper slip is this right ? ? Oh straight after her told me i need new pads… … …Not sure gonna try copper slip first is it true or do i just smear that stuff all over the brakes ? ?
Also would itbe totaly harmfull; if i smeared it all over myself and did the worm ??? greasy.
Oh its a bonnie
if its making a grinding noise i would say new pads too, you should be able to see though if yer pads are f00ked.
you can normally take pads st8 out with out removing wheel or caliper, copper slip is normally if yer pads are squealing.
Err no :ermm:…best not to just smear grease all over your brakes , if you need new pads then you need new pads just have a look and see but either way a thin smear of copper-slip only on the back plate will stop em squeeling as they move against the pistons
A grinding noise normally would indicate metal against metal ie your pads are fooked and your disks will be soon if your not carefull .
Yea not gonna ride till it goes in now ah well I suppose i’ll be stayin in playin xbox till the 3rd.
cheers
Or you could just learn how to do it yerself…if you have the ability to ride a bike you have the ability to do your own brake pads 
I wanna learn but i don’t have a centre stand and i can’t find a paddock stand to fit the bonnie exhaust i recon i cud do iteasy with a manual i used to work on my cars all the time but this is awkward without a stand.
dont know about the bonie but would imagine that you can change breakpads without putting it on a center/paddock stand
Just saw a vid on youtube looks easy i’m gonna try it.
The bloke was gonna charge me 150 cos he need to get the back wheel off n what not and i wouldn’t mind usin the cash to fund a new pair of jeans.
The bloke’s taking the p*ss in a big way!!! If I was you, I’d stear well clear of that guy from now on! You don’t need too take the rear wheel off, and new pads are only about £15, plus a few quid for a tin of copper slip from Halfords! Go to J+S in Greenwich to get the pads, they usually have plenty of stock etc…If you get stuck, drop me a P.M. and I’ll come and give you a hand, seeing as you’re not that far from me anyway… ;)Out of interest, who quoted you £150? :unsure:
Erm feel bad sayin it was metropolis in greenwich thanks for the offer of help mate will definatly take you up on that if and when i get stuck…
I invested in a full new set of tools today should be here any day now i’m gonna reasearch paddock stands for bonnies with ridiculously good looking owners. . . . 
Oh its 90 quid an hour labour on triumphs so i can see why it wud cost so much at their pricing i just wanna make a savin here … quite like metropolis as a company really.
As said before, not too sure if you need to get the rear wheel off of the ground for this job… although before I got the paddock and abba stand for the ninja I did manage to raise the rear wheel a couple of times with an axle stand and trolley jack :w00t:
Exactly what me and my limited experience was thinking - had new pads, sparkplug and a new air filter (plugs and filter both easy access) fitted a couple of weeks ago, £53 for parts and labour, from a Honda dealer.Name and shame dude, name and shame 
FECKIN’ HOW MUCH!!!.. :w00t:
I’m obviously in the wrong line of work here! 
At the very worst, if you wanted to get it done properly, for a proper price, go to Essential Rubber on Downham Road, Hackney. It’ll cost around about £30 for the pads and fitting, and you don’t even need to get your hands dirty!
However, you’ll feel a nice sense of acheivement when you do them yourself, and the offer is still there if you want a hand mate! 
I’m actually still quite shocked that they were going to charge you £150 for a new set of pads to be fitted! I’ve paid much less for new tyres to be fitted in the past! I think they were trying it on mate!
So if wheel needs to come off to replace the pads, it’s a half hour job at the very most! (I’m being generous to illustrate a point :D)
So that makes £45 labour - £105 for a set of pads???
Rip off merchant through and through! 
The wheel doesn’t even need to come off!!! You’re being quoted for for something that doesn’t need to be done! A half decent mechanic would take about 10-15 minutes to replace a set of pads, as well as giving the caliper’s a bit of a clean!
Which, at £90 an hour labour, makes £22.50 maximum labour, so they are charging at least £127.50 for the pads!Whichever way you look at it - its a rip off
Thats it i’m gonna start charging the girls…welding 3 holes on 2 exhausts cost me £10.00 in materials , buying , collecting and fitting a bandit engine cost me about £100 , etc…etc…etc…
i could be a rich man 
Hehe… dude - at the prices these guys are charging, I reckon it’d cost my missus £30 to look at my bike :laugh:
