[B3AV3R]

I've had my bike one week today and have 300 miles on it and the rear brake still squeals. I noticed it on a few YouTube bike reviews, so it seems normal, but it has to go away at some point... When might that be? lol

 

[V twin]

Weird. Mine has never squealed.

 

[Ericstm]

Mine did it after a few hundred miles for a little while then it stopped.

 

[davehast95]

I have about 700 miles on mine and it still squeals randomly every now and then, nowhere near as much as it used to though.

 

[Ericstm]

I've seen there is a product that exists to stop the pad from squealing. I understand the squealing comes from a vibration of the pad in the calliper. This stuff is some sort of lubricant.

 

[Esh]

Mine squeaked quite a bit, then less with more miles. After I tightened the belt and got the rear wheel aligned, it stopped completely. Probably an isolated case, but thought I would mention it.

 

[Overboost]

I've got 500 miles on so far and it still squeels like a stuck pig. Dealer claims my wheel is straight

 

[Esh]

Measure from the center of the swingarm bolt to the center of the axle bolt on both sides. Some dealers are decent, some may just look at the cast in lines and call it good. Just a suggestion.

 

[Octane_456]

This is actually very common with certain pads and setups. It may squeak a little here and there but its perfectly normal. Some do more than others for being a very small pa a rotor.

 

[Luvs2Play]

Ours squeals like a stuck pig, 1,000 miles and it never gets any better. Going to scuff the rotor and see if that doesn't take care of it.

 

[primethious]

Sounds like they have a bad batch or the wrong compound. Try replacing the pads with Lyndal gold plus pads if they make them for the Octane.

 

[BlackCCT]

I've seen there is a product that exists to stop the pad from squealing. I understand the squealing comes from a vibration of the pad in the calliper. This stuff is some sort of lubricant.

You are correct that is wear the squel comes form and there is a grease that I think EBC sells probably other manufactures also that you can apply to the back of the pad and it will go away, we use to sell it at our shop, works great.

 

[Ericstm]

That seems to be it:
http://bgprod.co.uk/products/speciality/bg-stop-squeal

 

[bigsbigelow]

Just FYI, my brake stopped squeeling around 400-500 miles. I also did a good cleaning (localized water blast) of the rear brake. I focused on areas where there are metal to metal (i.e. where the caliper slips on the swing arm) and it helped some. Just letting it break in seemed to do the most, though.