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Shuddering brakes could be caused by dust/dirt in the buttons that hold on your floating rotor. When they get dirty, they don't allow the rotor to float so the pads don't make full contact. Shooting the buttons with brake cleaner might help! Amazing video as always :D

Loved Buzludzha when I visited with a mate in March. We went off road where possible. Some amazing roads and scenery

Try this before you buy any parts. Loosen axl nuts Pull front brake bounce bike up and down to let fork legs sit in there natural place Tighten bolts Then loosen caliper bolts pull front brake tighten bolts. Also rubber grease brake pistons And copper grease back and side of brake pads. If you still a problem time to go bike shop. Do not just get use to it front brakes saves your life. Good luck hope this helps.

Sadly, the brake discs on gen3 Zero bikes are notoriously warping just by looking at them. The not so floating mount might be the reason. Some people got theirs replaced under warranty but as you experienced, even later produced parts have the same flaw... It might be a good idea to look after replacing the OEM parts for better quality alternatives before entering the "real adventure world" though. Keep it up Marc, we enjoy what you share very much! ✌

I definitly want to ride in Bulgaria ! I never thought to it before but you are ambassador of that country ! What nice roads !

Hello from Athens-Greece. I'm jealous of what you're doing with your electric bike. (In a good way) Keep going making excelent videos as you allready doing. Love to watch.

If the brakes are pulsating, the rotors are warped. You could try using cheap (softer) pads and just change out the pads more often but it might help save your (probably expansive) rotors.

Another great video from my beautiful country. I like a lot that you are enjoying your stay here. I recommend you a visit to the Rila monastery, if you are still in Bulgaria. The monastery is probably the most significant and important cultural monument in Bulgaria and very famous tourist site. Also the road is perfect for motorcycle journeys, with lots of curves and great sceneries.

Hi Mark clean the back of the pads and put some copper slip on the back that will fix them

Excellent video Marc great footage and wow brilliant twisting roads! Thank you as always for sharing 👍🏻

If you're still in the area, I suggest visiting Etar (near Gabrovo - no bikes allowed but living museum of old world Bulgaria) then Tryavna and finally riding to Veliko Tarnovo (good mountain pass and has been resurfaced fairly recently!!), which is the ancient capital of Bulgaria

Try to loose the calipers and then while pressing the brake lever retigh ,this way you will align the calipers against the rotors.

The disc should have some movement on the "floating" mounting points, the stainless rings. Clean those and manually turn them to get unstuck.

Great vid as always! I don't think people understand how much work that goes into a single video, really impressed at the rate and quality you keep pumping them out!

I tried to find the "Arch of Triumph" in Bulgaria, on google earth, I found it listed as "Arch of Freedom." I am sure like most things, it is more impressive in person but the 360 photo someone took still leave it as an impressive monument. Cheers!

Bulgaria is a wonderful country. You will see a very small part of it. You will have to visit us again

Wow what a conflict. You want to really enjoy those roads but also you want top enjoy the scenery too !

My navi also once put me on like 5km of cobblestone... That's what I get for "shortest route". I always thought "It should end soon..." It didn't. Hope you can sort out the rotors somehow! Safe travels!

Zero hast to come on board. You are the First influencer that driven a bike like this on an long journey, They can learn and profit a lot of your experience. If you want to be the high edge of a new generation Motobikes, you have to do thinks like this. Honda or Harley as an example sponsert a lot of racing thinks. Zero can become a BRAND curse noone thinks a bike like this can handle such a journey very well. (Hopfully its correct english, curse i learn by my self)

I'm envious of your wonderfully quiet ride. I've been watching the evolution of Zero motorcycles since the first generation, and they really appeal to me.

All good advise and I will add when I get a brake pad kid it comes with a special grease that goes on the back of the pad because (internet) Brake grease ensures these parts can move freely when called upon. And therefore, the braking system can be relied upon to operate when it is applied. Additionally, brake grease prolongs the life of brakes and eliminates squealing noises and reduces vibration when the brakes are applied.

3:59 I learned long ago that TomTom doesn’t discern a winding path from a winding road. I discovered this the hard way when I found myself at the top of a virtual goat path full of washouts, ruts and flowing water. Be wary when using that mode. More amazing cinematography! More amazing places to see! Phenomenal roads! I love it!! BTW, is it hard to find pizza in Bulgaria? 😂 9:58 Is it possible what you’re feeling with the brakes is due to the re-gen process? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Ride safe. Ride smart. Have fun!

Some seriously great camera work/cinematography here Marc, you are very good at what you do

Awesome the drone shot and the sound of the Zero, superb. All my days ten years a visitor Bg and although visited Shipka a few times I never visited the spaceship. Keep dry, maybe the summer heat arrive before you leave.

Awesome architecture. So sad to see the state of the Budludzha building. OK, we may not wish to celebrate why it was built anymore but it was a thing of beauty and deserves better.

Yeah man, you should definitely 👀 at the road 🤣. I thought it was kind of genius to sand the brake pads down on the pavement, bummer that it didn't work. I must have missed something earlier, can you tell me what you mentioned it could be? Great ride again.

I love my country Bulgaria, it has so many crazy communist monuments ! :D

Find it odd Marc, that Zero hasn't stepped in to back you up. Surely the feedback and your experiences would be invaluable to them. You are actually using it in the real world in real conditions, not doing laps of a set circuit. We are all out there in varying weather conditions, roads that hit and miss and the state of some of those chargers. So come on Zero if you want to up the quality, reliability etc you also need to join the real world. Keep it up Marc.

Oh those comments with a lot of advices what can be wrong with breaks. Great community trying to help 👍. I hope you wil figure it out before you will begin traveling countries, where it can be dificult to find any spare parts.

Regarding the brake issue- check that you do not have a warped disc. This often causes shuddering.

I am glad that youtube recommended your channel to me. I was planning to visit Romania again, and discovered the salt mine and the mud volcanoes because of your videos, definetly gonna add them to my route. Also I live in Sofia, hit me up if you need any help :)

You can also try to clea the disc with something like brake, carburator, acetone or methyl-ethyl-ketone (MEK) solvent. Sometimes, a film can buiild up on the disc from oil fumes coming from the roads and causes the brake pads to vibrate. Also, you can put "anti-squeal" compound behind the brake pads. It will help to absorb some vibrations when you apply the brakes.

Your drone shots help a lot. My Mavic Mini doesn't have 'Follow Me' but I do have a friend who can operate it. I'll sell it soon and buy one which I can operate alone.

visited there on a rideout with other bikers during my stay at Horizon Unlimited meetup in 2017, great roads around there!

You are absolutely amazing! You make videos like a pro! Love you man! 🥰

Check the Break disc fell with a finger ( if you fell bums on them ) = can also give the shuddering

Hi Mark, I had same brake problem and in the end, bit the bullet and. Bought a set of EBC brake discs and pads. Totally cured it. (2020 SR/F ). Ride safe and enjoy. Colin E.

A very interesting day. Thank you for sharing.

Mark, Chargers requires Safety rules against fire of batteries in Bulgaria which are costly and difficult.

Such cool sites that I would never know about if you had not shown them us.

I really liked it. As for the brake pads you did Best way to clean them with no tools om the run. Well a check in a service shop might help as well. Anyway your journey continues. And I am following.

Have you tried swapping the pads around to correct any uneven wear? This may help temporarily? Keep up the good work great videos

Put some copper grease on them brake pads. On the back and a bit on the side. Will make the brakes last longer, smoother and easier to service.

Your rotors are warped.....you need replacement rotors.

You missed the opportunity to call this episode “Braking Bad” 🤣

But sometimes this kind of detour, winding road is a nice adventure. However sth like a Dominator is slghtly better suited for that ;)

I changed warped discs on my KTM and had one of the new ones running ecentrically. A bit of adjustment and changing position sorted it. Could see it running up and down by simply spinning the front wheel. Worth checking if not then they're probably warped.

Lots of folks have made the good suggestion of cleaning the bobbins. I just checked mine and a Torx bit will fit in the bobbins. Get a bit in them one at a time and spin them with plenty of brake cleaner. so much the better if you have a drill on slow speed, but by hand will do. then clean the discs with brake cleaner all round both sides. Be sure to use the brakes hard for as long a time as possible, say going down hill with the re-gen off. Getting them hot will condition the surface, but if they are warped it will make things worse! That was an unbelievably terrible thing you did to the pads on the concrete!! Bad boy! it will ruin the surface and probably embed grit in them. They are supposed to bed in to mach the contours of the discs. Still loving the videos though. Toot toot.. 🙂

My first thought about you're front brake problem is a possible warped disc Marc

I think you have a warped rotor sadly, if they get overheated they will warp sometimes , not much you can do but get a new one. Enjoyed the scenery

the brake caliper looked real grubby, could do with giving the calipers a good clean with brake cleaner & scrub them, pads & locating pin with a brass wire brush to remove the crud & rust. maybe chamfer the leading edge of the pads would help too....

Can’t wait for you to get to Canada!

Brake judder... Slacken your right fork axle pinch bolts and calliper bolts. Bounce the forks up and down in a straight motion several times not using the brake as this will interfere with alignment. When done tighten the pinch bolts back up. Now tighten the calliper bolts up but not fully tight so each calliper can still moves slightly. Spin the front wheel and pull the brake on, repeat several times. The last time hold the brake lever on and tighten all the calliper bolts up. Check your bobbins are free and clean. Get a nut and bolt that goes through the bobbin/buttons hole. Put it in the hole and tighten the nut on the other side until it grips it, not squashes it but holds it. Now the bolt should move the bobbin so spin it and spray with brake cleaner while doing so, repeat for all of them. If they are stiff or stuck work them free and spray. Check headstock bearings for play, you might be reading headstock play as judder.

Another great video Well done 👏 😅

Seems more logical that the brake pistons are sticking. Either because they need cleaning, seal no good or even change the brake fluid.

Also, run a fingernail forward and backward to make sure the disc didn't form what is usually called "fish scale". It coulds also cause braking problems.

Hi Marc It may be the small spools that are seized, if you have them, they should be free to rotate and allow the rotors to move when braking.

' stuttering' could be warped disk. Is it more noticeable at very low speed? It could be easily caused by hot disks touching water.

Das Rubbeln kommt nicht von den Belägen. Es sind ziemlich sicher die Scheiben, die sich verziehen.

Hi Marc , mal wieder ein feines Video , wie immer 👌😊 Was du bezüglich deiner Bremsen noch mit wenig Aufwand versuchen kannst wäre die Kanten der Beläge etwas mit ner Feile zu fasen . Die Kolben definitiv einmal reinigen und ein wenig Kupferpaste auf die Rückseite des Belags .Sollte man in einer Werkstatt alles vorfinden können ... ansonsten sind es leider wirklich die Scheiben. Viel Glück weiterhin und immer oben bleiben ✌

I run a TomTom 500 and Google Maps on my iPhone 8 concurrently on the dash. Gonna be in Wales next and can add my Huawei running My Elevation if needs be due to the hills but too many screens can be pointless when you need to keep your eyes on the road, first and foremost.

Use copper grease on the back of your pads, they are dry. It will stop vibration. Great videos by the way.

Select avoid unmade roads in your TomT settings.

Awesome sovjet UFO! But the Evoluon here in Eindhoven is even better! 🛸

I guess it was too windy to put your drone over the top of the 'flying saucer' building.

in Turkey it is very cheap to get car parts or motorcycle parts also very cheap to get perhaps your brake discs skimmed by a Engineering company

Zero living up to its name. I try x-ref parts. We know who also uses J Juan and it'd be interesting to if rotors are common dimension. Braking, Galfer, etc It's too bad they used such a small belt, H-D would still be too big I think.

Maybe this will be a repeat of KTM not supporting McGregor and Boorman in The Long Way Round...and handing the challis to BMW on a platter...

Get a disc brake cleaner, the gunk is always on the disc - not on the pads. Pads get contaminated from the dirty disc ;) If you clean the disc, the clean disc will clean the pads. Remember to bed the brakes after cleaning them - brake but do not stop, then let it cool before stopping :) If you have to stop on freshly cleaned brakes, don't stop on the brakes, release just before stopping and use your legs haha~ Why - brakepads need to evenly deposit their natural particles onto the discs for best and even efficiency. I've been using MucOff disc brake cleaner on all my two wheeled vehicles (i race mountain bikes) since ever. I do that after every cleaning because it can spray the dirt and oils onto the brakes. Works like a charm - spray on, wipe with a clean cotton cloth, done. Maybe you can stop by a bike shop to borrow theirs if you don't wanna carry it and throwing away is a waste, and by a bike shop I mean not only motorcycle garages but also mountain bike ones ;) Mountain bikers are a friendly bunch and we know how to get the most out of two wheels.

I'd clean the brake pads on the ground too😁👍

Check that you do not have a warped front disc- This often causes brake shuddering. If warped usually a replacement is required. Best of luck.

Really good filmmaking! Cheers from Plovdiv. 🍺

Riding an electric motorcycle has to be the weirdest thing considering one of the pleasures of riding is the sound of the engine and the revving and exhaust pops and so on. I hope I never get to this point in life...

Hallo marc. Vielleicht hilft das: Schleif die Bremsklötze so an, dass sie nicht mit einem rechten Winkel auf die Bremsscheibe treffen. Nur die vorderster und hinterste Kante, und nur mit einem leichten Winkel. Wenn du die Klötze gerade hinlegst, sollten die beiden äußersten der vier Bremsklotzteiler nur bis zur flächenhälfte und nicht mehr als 10 Grad abgeschliffen sein. Das verhindert, das sich die Klötze beim bremsen verkanten und wieder lösen.

Nice roads. Tomtom is indeed sometimes giving issues, especially if you ask the max level of twisty roads, he's taking you in every small thing he can... I sometimes ended up following the main road in a dirt path like yours ^^ it also usually get me in super small street to cross city and villages instead of staying on the main road. When I have the time I tend to make trip ahead myself with few points to "force" him to pass where I want and avoid those issues. About your brakes, had similar issue on bike after a big mountain pass, only thing that solved it was change of rotor and pads (+ check of alignement of caliper). I still waited much to do it cause brake performance was not really impacted.

Nein, Marc, sie sind durch einen Temperatursprung kristallisiert, du musst sie auf weich umstellen, weil du die Bremsen kaum beanspruchst ok 👍👌

Looking at the state of the road, it looks like your satellite navigation brings you to Belgium 😂

Rotor Stutter is verry common on Bycicles or Electric Scooters and cheap Ebikes who all dont have easy sideshifting brakecalipers, maybee even mechanical brakes and not the sportscarslike fuly floating calipers. The mounting points on the wheels are often not 100% in a rotational plane with the axle and bearings when putted in the bike. Maybee even the Wheel has a little wobble . Add a slightly warped rotor (or rotorboltmounts on the rotordisk) or little bit of tention or play from bolting it on and you get larger sidewobble on the outer rotoredges. Its sometimes only a thents of a millimeter on the mounting points who caused this. You can put a gopro on a solid mountingpoint on the forke or just watch verry close to the edge of the rotordisk and spin it slowly with your hands. it will be visible. Ot just hold an Edding Pen sideways onto the edge of the rotor and slowly move it in while sonning the hweel till it gets contact. this will mark your highspot. To solve it you would have to usew floating calipers (expensive and complicated) OR you straiten the rotormounts and the rotor. You could literaly bend the rotor thats often done on bycicles and small Kickscotters (clearly not a solution on a motobike or car) You could machine the boltposts on the wheel (expensive and hard to find someone who will even do this) Or you do the next best thing using thin washer shims and put them between the rotor and the wheelstudsposts to straiten the wobble where needet. Your action cam, an edding or just your eye and feeling fingers can help to find and mark the highspots. now you shim all other studs to the outside. Maybee you find only one stud point is verry low. You can also try to rotate a little wobbly rotor on the studs arround just few studs further arround ot 180° This might cancle the Wobble of each out nicely. Its a little time consuming try and errros Job. (mark your original mounting positions to not get confused in the prozess. But the best solution is to put shims below the studs where needet. Its a "fun" job for a raining day somewhere with a roof above ;) You dont even have to dismantle the wheel for this. Unscrew the rotor alone and play with it. Dont forget to tourge it down properly when finished, use locktide at the end and check after using it for a short ride. I would also recommend sourcing the right size spare screws first since they are verry quickly gone somewhere ;) I dont talk usuall washers! They would be far to thick. I mean realy thin machinist type shims. Like 1/10mm thick only and you stack them thicker as needet. www.ebay.de/itm/185728482902 This will also indicate where your Wheelstudposts are high. You could gently file them down little bit..iof you know its definetly not the rotor. Thats something you might know after you change the rotors again or you watch the mounting post positions on the wheel verry closely.

That building looks like your stereotypical supervillain hangout.

Hallo Marc! Ich schaue Dir schon seit Deiner Reise nach Spanien zu. Zu Deinem Bremsproblem: Das hat nichts mit den Belägen zu tun, sondern wahrscheinlich ist eine oder beide Bremsscheiben unrund. Kannst Du relativ leicht prüfen: Motorrad auf den Hauptstäner, Vorderrad frei in der Luft. Einen Kuli oder beliebigen anderen Gegenstand zu nahe es geht ohne zu berühren an die Bremsscheibe halten und das Rad drehen. Der Abstand zwischen Kuli und Bremsscheibe darf sich nicht ändern. Tut er es, ist die Scheibe krumm. Neue Scheibe drauf und gut. Motorräder zu reparieren war über 30 Jahre mein Beruf. Ich drück die Daumen und mach weiterhin so spannende Videos! LG CptHooch

Marc put a bit of copper grease on the backside of the pads,

What's the problem with navo? You winded between the puddles. :) Getting lost is the best adventure.

Better to keep all charging points 'out in the weather' as sooner or later, old cars/failed electrics etc it is better to have a fire outside, accessible to emergency response, maybe lose a charging bay rather than take out a shopping centre completely?

Hi Marc your brakes problem make sure you are not power washing your motorcycles brake discs if they are still hot because If they cooled down suddenly because of the cold water you can worp your discs And the only way you can fix this is by getting your brake discs skimmed or buy new ones Lots of engineering places can skim car and motorcycle discs this is not very expensive

The ufo is a cool place. I was there for 10 years ago. At that time we could sneak inside. It was red carpets and a lot of mosaik on the Walls. Back in the Sovjet era it was the kommunist parti head couter

Great video thank Great roads. What you have is known as crunchy brake clean lube the piston on your master cyclender ask how I know. You will be surprised thanks again cheers to ya.

Аwesome video. Сongratulations! Тhe Trojan pass is a great place to ride a bike, with poor road coverage but with many turns and very beautiful views ;)

Hello Marc, j'ai eu aussi un TomTom rider pro , et plus je m'étais les routes sinueuses plus il m'emmena dans des petits chemins de terre 😮😮😮😮😮

Maybe you should try ceramic brake pads.

Nice bro💐

Dear Mark ... on this video, I saw you were overspeeding .... You should know that in Bulgarie : a) you have a tolerance of 20 % with the speed limits ie 60 km/h in cities and villages ( but in reality even more !) and on the Highways 168 km/h !!! in Bulgaria, non fixed radars are only at the beginning, within or the exits of villages ! In between you can overspeed without any risk of speed tickets ! and it is the same on highways ! .... Smiles ! it is why from times to times car accidents are registered at more than 240 km/h on highways without speed tickets !

The Tommy is the best and brings you too the most strange roads . BTW, was looking for an email address (Zero) can not find one.

In Bulgaria it always gets worse

10:21 That drone short, I'm like "pull up, pull up! Mountain ahead!" 😅 Does the drone have proximity sensors that will make it ascend if there's obstacles ahead?

The back of those pads looked like they have rust on them. Clean off the rust and put a thin smear of copper grease on them. I've done that on cars, maybe it will work on Eve. ❤

Marc, I see in your video that you don't have any copper grease on the back of your brake pads. Maybe it helps if you do.

Sanding the brake pads on the concrete, that's right here your next viral video.

Is it because of the warping discs instead? I'm guessing as I don't know, mat be !!!

Great video very interesting