WELL, ALL YOUR GREAT SUGGESTIONS AND THE NICE WEATHER HERE HELP ME DECIDE WHAT TO DO. SCREW YAMAHA FOR NOW. I WENT FOR THE QUICK FIX FIRST, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO WORK. I BOUGHT A GOOD SET OF GOOD AFTERMARKET BRAKE PADS, NOT YAMAHA, PUT THEM IN AND THE BRAKES FEELS NICE AND SMOOTH NOW. MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE PADS? I GUESS I WILL KNOW AFTER A FEW MORE MILES. THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP AND HOPE I CAN OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS IN THE FUTURE. I'VE BEEN READING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND MAYBE IT'S TIME TO PARTICIPATE. ONE OTHER THING, WHEN I PICKED UP MY PADS, THE AFTER MARKET STORE MADE SUGGESTION THAT I BLEED MY BRAKES FROM THE CALIPER BACKWARDS THRU THE MASTER CYLINDER TO FORCE ANY AIR OUT OF THE LINES, AND THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE AIR IN THE LINE WHERE IT GOES BY THE PIPES AND IT COULD EXPAND WHEN IT GETS HOT AND FORCE THE CALIPER OPEN AND HEAT THE ROTOR. MAKES SINCE TO ME, I THINK.