Thanks for sharing your experiences. These stock brakes do leave a lot to be desired. Was planning to try some different pads and bleed the system as a first attempt. I had already started thinking what might be an option for a master cylinder swap, but wasn't sure I wanted to go to that extent. I will be doing some on track activities next summer so it'd be nice to have some confidence and feel in that lever. Which means I also better address those stock forks. Yikes!