I finally got around to replacing my brake pads on the SV. I was over at Aurora Suzuki picking up some oil changing products, and just asked if they had the pads in stock. They did. I have to say up until the last month or so, the current pads were still doing a pretty good job, but seriously, how far can you push the bike’s original pads. That’s right, I was still riding on the originals, after aproximately 50k miles. I’m not sure how long they’re supposed to last, but I’m guess most people would have had them replaced a while back. Anyway, I had some trouble with the back caliper, the piston kept pushing out, it took a long time to get the timing right, to wedge a large flat bladed screw driver in there, push the piston in, then quickly wedge the pad assembly into the space. After doing some hard test stopping over the past 100 miles, the pads have seated nicely, and are providing some excellent stopping power.