Brake pads

**Dooly** · 25th May 2006, 08:35

Whats the best type and make of brake pad to put on bikes nowdays?

One that will stop real hard and fast with good feel on the brake lever.

Looking at the pads on the VTR last night and might replace them all before I'm able to ride again, as well as the fluid.

Cheers

**Fluffy Cat** · 25th May 2006, 08:45

Try EBC HH pads, they do take a little longer to warm up in the wet though. Good life from the pads not so good for the discs. Use them on my SP1.

**Cajun** · 25th May 2006, 10:36

the rears on the vtr1000 suck ass big time.

We put ebc HH in front of wifes vtr it made a HUGE different it gave her a huge amount more confidince in the brakes, since the stockers, are average, and just that,
When ya change the pads change the fluid while you are at it.

**speights_bud** · 25th May 2006, 13:13

Yep, id reccomend changing both fluid and pads together, keeps everything fresh. As for brand i'd recomend Ferodo pads. Work pretty good for me

even 2 up (nearly 200kg's) on me 250 (single front disc) on taupo track they performed awesomely.

**The Stranger:Me** · 25th May 2006, 13:19

Originally Posted by Dooly

Whats the best type and make of brake pad to put on bikes nowdays?

One that will stop real hard and fast with good feel on the brake lever.

Looking at the pads on the VTR last night and might replace them all before I'm able to ride again, as well as the fluid.

Cheers

Get soft pads.
Your disks are bloody expensive, better to replace an extra set of pads or 10 than a couple of disks.

**Dooly** · 25th May 2006, 13:44

Thanks guys, all taken onboard and will be put into action.

**Two Smoker** · 25th May 2006, 15:10

SBS dual carbons... or EBC HH... both are extrememly capable...

**F5 Dave** · 25th May 2006, 17:06

Actually soft pads can cause as much or more wear than hard pads. Just like soft rings for electro bore will wear a steel liner likity split. Sort of like rubbing two blocks of cheese together. Honda discs wear fast anyways.

PB did a bunch of tests several years back with a jig & measured coefficient of friction wear etc & concluded that stock pads on stock discs were the best.

New aftermarket pads feel good as compared with old ones + you often unseize the callipers by pushing the pistons back for the thicker pads.

**Motu** · 25th May 2006, 17:28

Shit,I remember doing coeficient of friction tests 35 years ago as an apprentice.The reason for metal pads is they have the same C/F as asbestos...or at least brass has,which is the major metal component of metal pads.I like soft pads because I don't live on the performance of my brakes...but I like them to work right now,first application.I never get them hot enough to fade.

**The Stranger:Me** · 25th May 2006, 17:37

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Honda discs wear fast anyways.

That is good to know, however the Blackbird and X11 have given no problems here and the NC30 lasted about 60,000km.

It is the YZF750R which is shot at less than 40,000 that is more annoying.

**oldguy** · 25th May 2006, 17:51

I use EBC, thats what cycletread recommended to me, its what they stock anyway.
Have had no problems under hard braking. better than stock. just had all the brake fluid drained and replaced with new, makes a big diff, to brake feel

**Toast** · 25th May 2006, 18:36

I bought some EBC HH sintered pads recently, but haven't fitted them. I'm a bit worried now that they will run the discs down quicker, as I don't really want to be dropping $500 plus for some new discs.

Are they really that hard on discs Fluffy Cat?

**Fluffy Cat** · 25th May 2006, 20:01

Cant give numbers on wear but there is a lot more metal in the HH pads then again there is a lot of metal in the SP1s honda pads. Depends on what your dics are made of but i would guess that EBC SBS etc would have made their pads to cover a broad range of discs. If you want long disc life stick to street pads. If you want more feel, quicker bite etc start experimenting. The prob is the discs vary in composition so yes the OEM pads will work perfectly with their discs and give you good life from the disc.
The HH pads worked very well on my NSR race bike with visible wear over the season with good feel. Same with the SP1 and the RS.
Now my last thought about testing in PB WWWAAAAHHHHAAAA HAAAA AAAA.
Sorry but JR has departed nice pics but sadly lacking in content.
But serious now, you can test a cd player get some nice graphs but it can sound uninvolving or hash or even great. So best to get a feel start experimenting.
Last thing unless EBC have changed the compound do not use the street Kevlar bads, ok in the dry not so ok in the wet.