Good, reputable brake pads for a Hayabusa?

[TheDemonLord]

Hi All,

I'm after opinion (thats opened Pandoras box....) on what are good/reputable Brake pad brands for a Hayabusa in NZ - Ideally somewhere with an Online store that sells a good product.

As always - I commute and have yet to do a track day (ie super high performance isn't a concern for me)

Go!

[sidecar bob]

Hi All,

I'm after opinion (thats opened Pandoras box....) on what are good/reputable Brake pad brands for a Hayabusa in NZ - Ideally somewhere with an Online store that sells a good product.

As always - I commute and have yet to do a track day (ie super high performance isn't a concern for me)

Go!

Contact Jay Lawrence at TSS Upper Hutt. He is very knowledgable & pragmatic on these topics.
I wouldn't buy tyres or brakes without consulting him myself.
It's not like he's my local, he's over 400km from me.
TSS are happy to courier anywhere in the country.

[onearmedbandit]

Agree with SB, but you won't go wrong with factory.

[Big Dog]

Hi All,

I'm after opinion (thats opened Pandoras box....) on what are good/reputable Brake pad brands for a Hayabusa in NZ - Ideally somewhere with an Online store that sells a good product.

As always - I commute and have yet to do a track day (ie super high performance isn't a concern for me)

Go!

Given 60-70% of my riding was commuting I hated sintered pads. They never seen to get warm enough to be worth the cost. On the back roads sintered are well worth it.
I mostly used premier because most shops have them and they work well even wet.
They are a little dustier than stock pads but last longer and work better cold.

Not a mechanic but i had 70,000km on a Hayabusa to form that opinion.

Based on my unscientific try it and see testing: sintered took about 2 extra car parks to stop from 70 in the wet over un sintered.
At touring speeds they are about the same but the brakes still have the same bite after a long twisty downhill section as they did on the straight. ie no fade.
At the end of the back straight of Pukekohe (before they put the new kink in) slowing down from to fast to look down at the speedo anymore because the hairpin is suddenly approaching very rapidly (>250 indicated when I looked about the hallway mark) you can feel the brakes becoming less effective on un sintered pads where on the sintered pads you find yourself trying quite hard to stop mashing your giggle berries against the tank as the brakes seem to get more effective.

So there you have it. My unprofessional opinion.


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[Big Dog]

I had a few woah moments on both. The sintered sometimes felt like they weren't there when rid ding in the rain commuting.

The unsintered only when over provoked... which is much easier to live with.

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[Big Dog]

According to their online guide the pads change in 08 to a ph334 sintered. From a p122 unsintered or a ph122 sintered. 98-k7.

They don't list p334s as being suitable cycle treads don't list either but do list ferodo. Never had them on a bike but ferodo make pretty good car ones.
http://www.cycletreads.co.nz/fitment..._hayabusa.aspx


Assuming you have a k8 and not just s first registered in 2008 k7 or earlier.
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[Moise]

There's someone on TradeMe selling DP pads but i don't know if they have them for your bike. Very good pads. Coleman's in Auckland have Vesrah JL pads, which are a great all round pad.

Don't fit organic pads to your bike. The OE pads will be sintered and it won't stop as well. The R1 had a set of EBC organics when I bought it and the brakes were not good.

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[F5 Dave]

Agree with SB, but you won't go wrong with factory.

Convenient, Jay works in a Suzuki shop.

Actually he convinced me to try Goldfren last time. They seem OK.

[nzspokes]

There's someone on TradeMe selling DP pads but i don't know if they have them for your bike. Very good pads. Coleman's in Auckland have Vesrah JL pads, which are a great all round pad.

Don't fit organic pads to your bike. The OE pads will be sintered and it won't stop as well. The R1 had a set of EBC organics when I bought it and the brakes were not good.

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I have DP HH+ on my good bike. Bloody hell they are good. Almost to much power.

Had Goldfren race or the likes before and they were very average.

[nodrog:Me]

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/fit-S...358543270.html

[Ender EnZed]

I went with some EBC sintered items. I'm no brake pad expert but they seem to do the job. I've never noticed them fading and they have no trouble getting the back wheel in the air during car park braking exercises.

[TheDemonLord]

I am so far hearing:

Sintered: good on the track, not so good in the Wet/daily ride (don't have time to heat up to perform at their peak)

Goldfren are okay, DP HH+ are good, EBC are okay also.


Any other opinions?

[caspernz]

Maybe ask your Suzuki dealer whether the OEM ones are sintered or not.

Also kinda begs the question on whether you know what's stopping you now, OEM or aftermarket, sintered or organic?

[sidecar bob]

I am so far hearing:

Sintered: good on the track, not so good in the Wet/daily ride (don't have time to heat up to perform at their peak)

Goldfren are okay, DP HH+ are good, EBC are okay also.


Any other opinions?

So Goldfren are ok? Is that the S3, S33, GP5 or another compound that Goldfren make? (Those are just the ones in Jays race kit that lives at my house)
See the kind of retarded advice you are getting?
Ring Jay & get some proper advice from a top end racer, road rider & product specialist that works at a Suzuki dealer.

[jellywrestler]

Contact Jay Lawrence at TSS Upper Hutt.

spellings right but they're in lower hutt.