Just wanting to see how others with track only bikes break in there new rotors and pads. I recently got new rotors and pads, and the instructions that came with the rotors said to seat them in for 100 miles. And I have a trackday Sunday at barber's.
Remove the oil from the rotors and unless you are race pace out the gate, they will set okay.... I had new ebc pro-lite rotors and veshrah rjl pads and they set no problem at the track...:nod:
I put on new rotors and pads. I just took a few laps around the neighborhood early in the morning for a couple of day's I was good to go at the track.
I think as long as you don't go crazy the first time out on them you will be fine. I try to do a few slower speed slow downs gradually picking up speed each time. I don't come to a complete stop until I get a few cycles on them and then let them cool %100. Then let it eat. You could easily do that the morning of your track day as Barber has plenty of room to do a slow roll through the pits before or after tech. I try to have the mind set that you have to transfer pad material onto the rotor for max performance. Just my .02 . Have fun, that place is AMAZING....
It all depends on the pads primarily, some take longer to seat than others. As an example Vesrah pads typically bed in very quickly, with a new set of SRJL-XX pads I typically only give them 2 or 3 laps at most to bed in. Now I am working them progressively harder over those laps but they are good to go at that point. Not knowing your comfort level with bedding them in you will just have to work up to it at a pace you feel good about. Just progressively increase your pressure and you will feel when the pads start coming in and when they start to level off.
Clean the rotors with a sanding block or better yet a rotor hone, use about ¾ can of brake cleaner if you went the rotor hone route. Install new pads, give it 1 lap, progressively harder on the brakes. By the time your ready for T1 again you can brake like a mofo.
I take emery cloth to the rotors do a couple hard stops on the way out to pits then forget about it....
I run the vesrah rjl which are good all around pads with consistent feel so I clean the rotors with sand paper, take the first warm up morning session easy, and brake lighter and earlier for the first few laps until i get feel. By the end of the first or into second session they are seeded
For sintered pads (per Dave Moss). Bring bike up to 25mph, apply brakes at about 30% to engage, when they heat up and start to grab more and the front end dives down (bike slows), release brake. Rinse and repeat 10-15x.
I just ride like i'm on a set of cold tires and gradually work up the pace over the course of a few laps.
I'm Vesrah all the way and never think of breaking in anything much less brakes. I do find Brian (who is in charge of the Design Engine race team) ultrasonically cleaning the calipers. He also uses the rotary wheel to rough up the rotors both sides between each race. We even take an air hose and brake clean to the connectors that make the rotors floating. Ed Key the famous racer from the 80's 90' and only quit racing recently would drill out the holes to a looser tolerance then re press them together in order to get a true floating rotors. Bottom line is to clean those breaks good.