[DUCATI 796] Replace rear brake pad DIY

I bought this bike in Feb. this year, it had about 30k km mileage by now.

This is the first time I have it's brake pads replaced, and also the first time I write article for the bike.

Few days ago I was curious about the condition of brake pads.

And when I checked it, it was really surprising me.

The rear brake pads went too thin that I though it was started to wear it's metal part.

I then spent some time on Google and Ruten searching.

Eventually I found a budget dealer on Ruten.

It costed me NTD950 to buy the Brembo pads. (hope they are really from Brembo)

As soon as the pads were shipped. I began to work on it.

Because I won't let myself hit hard on the rear brake unless I replace the pads.

The procedure is not as simple as working on a Japanese bike.

That's the first thing I notice when I figured out how to take these pads out.

The whole brake caliper has to be taken out.

Another thing that surprise me is that the pads were fixed by a pin which is merely fixed by a E-clip.

Upper ones are old , lower ones are new.

Brembo P/N that marked on those pads are the same.

I bought it right.

Left side old / Right side new

From the pics above, I can tell I was reaching it's limit.

It has about 1mm left to use.

Now I can ride the bike with confidence.

The whole process took me about 20~30min.

Simple and fun to do.

But one have to be careful not to lose or brake the E-clip.

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