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I doubt EBC or any brake company is going to do anything about rust on their rotors that are not getting used.  If you took some steel wool or a wire brush to your rotors that would have cleaned up the rust.  Now your rust is embedded in your brakepads and I can see where they would not work very well.  Brakepads and rotors need to be extra clean for them to work properly.  Be careful of fork oil, brake fluid, cleaners, waxes, or any other petroleum contaminants  getting on your brake parts as they will never work well again.  I would think that rust would eventually clear itself from the brakepads and allow the new pads to bed themselves into your rotor.  All new brakepads require a break-in period before they will work well.  If you have anything on your rotors they will get on your brakepads and this will effect their performance.   I have not had good luck with EBC customer service.  They do make good brakepads and I have never had issue with them.  I have had issues with some of their rotors and EBC will feed you one lie after the next.  Good luck with dealing with EBC.  On the other hand when I did have an issue with some EBC rotors and I couldn t get EBC to admit they had a problem, (long story short) DP Brakes (Dunlopad) stepped up and gave me a set of their rotors to try out.  I am impressed with the quality of their rotors.  They look to be laser cut and not stamped.  They are also made from an alloy that shouldn t rust.  Too bad DP Brakes doesn t make an oversized rotor.   Just a word of caution, there are some disreputable companies (cough) out there that will sell you just about anything but what you really need.  You usually have a certain length of time to return anything that is not of your liking but if you wait too long then this return policy goes out the window.  Be sure when you are ordering parts that you are not needing to use right away that the parts you receive are correct for your needs.  Be sure you are dealing with a reputable dealer and know their return policy beforehand.  Sometimes the cheapest prices ends up being the most expensive for you. Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com     [b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Sunday, October 5, 2014 1:08 AM [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] KLR650 Gen 1 Brake Rotors    

Hi All, Last year when I was getting ready to ride the Great Divide Ride, I ordered some brake parts from the distributor(TR).  My KLR had many miles on it so I decided to replace the rotors with the EBC stock replacement rotors.  Upon receiving them I was underwhelmed:  the front rotor was almost a solid disc of metal with no cutouts and only a few holes where the pads hit to allow brake gas to escape.  The rear rotor had some cutouts but was mostly a solid piece.  On top of that these rotors are plain unplated steel.  After spending a winter sitting in my trailer both rotors are solid rust.  Braking was much worse than stock on both ends.  I have been using EBC pads for 20+ years and have always considered them quality parts.  I find it hard to believe that a company like EBC would sell junk like this.  The front brakes work OK, but the backs are so bad I bent the pedal and got tendinitis in my right ankle   My question is: what are people using these days for replacement rotors?  The stock rotors are pricey and EBC are apparently junk.  I feel like sending them back to EBC and telling them to either replace them or give me my money back.... By the way--what happened to the search function?  I tried to look this topic up and could not find a search. Cheers, Doug