Squeaky Brakes on Rocket 3 R Storm – Anyone Else?

Many people make a mistake to re-bed the brakes when they are cold. I'd recommend dragging the brakes for a bit, like a minute, to heat them up before short stopping.

Koki_999 said:

Quick follow-up:

Regarding brake squeel I tried the hard braking from high speed, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, to help re-seat the brake pads — it did help a bit. Now the rear seems to squeak more than the front.

I'm also getting a light metallic/squeaky noise when rolling off the throttle — kind of like a faint brake squeal or a tiny bird chirp . It disappears instantly when I apply little throttle or pull the clutch.
I first thought it might be the brake pads lightly touching the disc, or maybe something in the drivetrain like the shaft relaxing under engine braking.
Tried lightly braking while riding, but the sound didn’t really change.

Unfortunately, I still can’t clearly identify where this new sound is coming from. Could be drivetrain, could still be brakes — not sure yet.

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You can always try different brake pads and see if the sound changes. If the noise isn't affected by pad material it's proabably not the brakes. The sound goes away with the clutch pulled (no load condition) and when you apply throttle (I assume in gear, loaded condition) so the noise only occurs under engine braking?

atomsplitter said:

You can always try different brake pads and see if the sound changes. If the noise isn't affected by pad material it's proabably not the brakes. The sound goes away with the clutch pulled (no load condition) and when you apply throttle (I assume in gear, loaded condition) so the noise only occurs under engine braking?

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Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I agree — the brake squeal is one thing (still there, I’ll live with it for now), but this new sound seems unrelated.

It happens only when the engine is fully warm, a gear is engaged, and I fully close the throttle — during engine braking. From what I can tell, the sound is coming from the front-right area, below the exhaust headers. It’s a kind of metallic ticking or light mechanical chatter — hard to describe exactly, but definitely not normal.

It goes away immediately if I either pull the clutch or open the throttle — so it’s only present under engine braking, as you said.

I also noticed similar sound can be heard at idle, in neutral, when I blip the throttle — same kind of metallic noise as the revs rise.

I'll definitely have it checked at the dealer — it’s quite annoying during normal riding.

I had a rattle in an exhaust silencer years ago that turned out to be a broken baffle plate. It maybe something completely benign but best to have it checked out.