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Need Brake pad advice

Post by toy752 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:34 pm

I am looking at getting new pads for my motorcycle. What pads would you guys recommend?
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by fixxervi6 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:15 pm

I have used ebc stinted with no issues
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by LonestarCBR » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:21 pm

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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by dufremle » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:31 pm

fixxervi6 wrote:I have used ebc stinted with no issues
I think you meant 'sintered'
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Dragonfly » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:58 pm

EBC are good, Vesrah are better. Make sure they are HH rated, better friction. My .02
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Striple » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:17 pm

But yeah, it comes down to the type of riding you do, and the type of feedback that you prefer (i.e., how hard you want the initial bite to be, etc.).

My personal favorites are Vesrah pads, especially their RJL model.
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Firewa11 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:19 am

I like EBC HH-Sintered, I ran Galfer HH-Sintered once and carmelized the pads at a track day, haven't ran them since.
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Polokid69 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:11 am

being that I've never replaced a set of brakes on a bike, I have no idea what any of this means
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Striple » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:36 am

Polokid69 wrote:being that I've never replaced a set of brakes on a bike, I have no idea what any of this means
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Stardog » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:37 am

Polokid69 wrote:being that I've never replaced a set of brakes on a bike, I have no idea what any of this means
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Re: Need Brake pad advice

Post by Polokid69 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:41 pm

That article was very helpful in explaining brakes,stuff I did not know
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