REALLY dumb question...

[Guest]

Being the hungover dumbass I was, I took my GS750 out for a ride mainly to fill it up with fresh gas as it still had a half tank of gas/fuel stabilizer from last summer. It's been sitting under a cover outside for about 3 weeks now and has accumulated a lot of dirt and surface rust in places I forgot to rust treat. Even the front brake rotors had some surface rust, so I hit them with a little WD-40 and a 3M abrasive pad. Only I didn't wipe down the oil before going out to ride *facepalm*

Front brakes felt spongy as a result, full grab and it only slowed down noticeably and not considerably as it usually does. Wiped down the rotors at the gas station but I was wondering if this would have glazed my brake pads, or damaged them? Lesson learned, don't go for a ride hungover!

[bonanzadave]

Lesson learned, don't go for a ride hungover!

Check ! Id say spray em down with brake cleaner but that stuff will strip paint. Dont you need new pads anyway ?

[midnightcafe]

nah, new pads, but I guess I can take one side off and take a quick look. Storing the bike outside, I didn't realize that even with a m/c cover it still got really dirty and I'm gonna have to go through and have to do some touch ups to paint, rust treatment, and polish and such.

[posplayr]

Being the hungover dumbass I was, I took my GS750 out for a ride mainly to fill it up with fresh gas as it still had a half tank of gas/fuel stabilizer from last summer. It's been sitting under a cover outside for about 3 weeks now and has accumulated a lot of dirt and surface rust in places I forgot to rust treat. Even the front brake rotors had some surface rust, so I hit them with a little WD-40 and a 3M abrasive pad. Only I didn't wipe down the oil before going out to ride *facepalm*

Front brakes felt spongy as a result, full grab and it only slowed down noticeably and not considerably as it usually does. Wiped down the rotors at the gas station but I was wondering if this would have glazed my brake pads, or damaged them? Lesson learned, don't go for a ride hungover!

I would never do that; you need to clean everything with brake fluid

[Big T]

You need to use brake kleen on the rotors and remove your pads, brake kleen and inspect

Don't ever put any oil on your brake system!

You may need to replace your pads now, depending on how much oil they absorbed

Next time you have rusty rotors, just brake hard once to scrub the rust off

[midnightcafe]

You need to use brake kleen on the rotors and remove your pads, brake kleen and inspect

Don't ever put any oil on your brake system!

You may need to replace your pads now, depending on how much oil they absorbed

Next time you have rusty rotors, just brake hard once to scrub the rust off

Thanks, It's been almost a year since I've been on my bike (was in Europe). I took it out for a ride and the brakes feel back to normal, I just freaked out (I rode one street to the gas station where I cleaned the rotors, didn't go very far). But I'm just ashamed that I could act like such a retard at this level of my life, to go and do something so DUMB...

[ArtByScars]

my fork seals leaked onto my rotors.. I didn't notice they were leaking until my front brake was spongey.
my brakes were not new but were far from having to be replaced due to wear.. I cleaned everything with brake cleaner after installing new seals, but never got the same response back.
I bought new pads and dropped them in there (what's it cost $35 and takes 7 whole minutes?), and viola, brakes came back (obviously after breaking in and settling)

Now wd40 isn't like fork oil, but just get pads and clean and clean your rotors, calipers, surrounding area, etc. EVERYTHING.
you say it was DUMB, now lets BE SAFE.
The $$$ for new pads is worth the split second braking you may need later on in a high pressure situation.

[Ranger]

You could, if theyre organic (which we used in the MTB Racing industry) bake them @ 315 degrees for 25 min, take sand paper and rough up the pad surface and take alcohol and wipe the rotors. After this, you just need to bed the brakes (pad to rotor) and you're good to go. I've done it 20 plus times.

I won't be responsible if you **** something up and get yourself hurt though.