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Originally Posted by fairweatherrider
I only put on about 4,000 mi a year but don't like it when they squeak and I want to change the brakes.
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Sounds like your brake shoes are getting glazed. Alantf is right about a good hard use of the rear brake to burn off the glaze. You also loose a lot of braking power with glazed shoes.
Had a dirt bike that did the same thing. Loss of braking power was very noticeable. What I did was lightly sand blast the shoes and run some emery cloth around the brake drum to clean it up. Cheap and effective fix.