You have replaced the whole brake system and still you feel it drags...

Are you 100% sure that the piston itself isnt corroded or dragging in the bore?.

The slide pin's themselves are 100% smooth and clean?..

Hi nikroc, thanks for the reply. It�s not dragging. The wheel spins freely. It�s just getting excessively hot. I�m starting to think it is what it is and there is nothing I can do about it and was just wondering if anybody else had noticed the temp of the rear disc after ride. Piston is in Tip Top shape. I fully inspected it when I replaced the seals in the caliper.

Fair play. Tbh it could be as simple as your heavy on the rear brake.

Does your front brake get as hot?

I gotta admit that I tend to use my fronts more and engine braking..It's just style I have adopted over 30 years of riding.

I�m starting to think I will have to adopt a similar style myself. I haven�t had the xt long. It�s the first adventure/dual sport style bike I�ve had. And I must admit I really enjoy riding it. My other bikes are Ducati�s. Big twins with heavy engine braking so maybe I�m replacing this with a load of rear brake without even realising it.

It is a bit of an adjustment process riding two different styles of bike.

I ride an R which initially dived under front braking..the solution was to install Kev's fork spacer mod.
My Brother turned some up outta crash bung material on a lathe.Other's use various materials,including sockets.

The suspension on the tenere was something I noticed that I thought let it down. So I�m in the process of fitting some WP USD�s, a 690 enduro R shock and some gold excels rims. Going with 18� on the rear to give a wider choice of off road tyres. I�ll post some pics once done and let u know if it was worth the hassle. Ha.

Might sound a bit simplistic but check you're not riding with your foot on the brake pedal all the time, this would soon warm up your brakes without you realising it is self inflicted.
If your brake is well adjusted it would take very little pressure to activate the brake.
Might be worth adjusting the pedal to need a bit more lever movement before the brake becomes active.
Just a thought from a codger.

Pete.

Hi skimmer. Yea first thing I did was back the pedal right off to make sure it wasn�t too tightly adjusted. And I tend to ride on my toes, all the years of sports bike riding, so definitely not catching the pedal.