What brake pads?

[stevep944]

Wondering what brake pads to go for, make, type, where to buy?
Looked on a couple of websites, M&P, EBC, but none the wiser really.
Thunderace, normal road use.
Cheers guys

[mckeann]

Brembo z04.
















Only kidding. Standard?

[SAS Tom]

I’m a big fan of SBS RS on the road. Work really well even from cold. I’ve just put some in my bike as the EBC HH’s that were in were rubbish and the SBS’s are awesome.

[Birky_41]

SAS Tom said:

I’m a big fan of SBS RS on the road. Work really well even from cold. I’ve just put some in my bike as the EBC HH’s that were in were rubbish and the SBS’s are awesome.

Funny reading that as I put sbs rs in mine with me discs. Found them really nice but did 1 track day and killed them by lunch

I wouldn't touch ebc (apart from GPFAX but that's a track pad) but a guy by luck had some HH so I could continue the day

They don't have the feel of the sbs rs but they didn't cook either and still had 2/3rd left end of the day

I've since done another 500 road miles and found them pretty good after a few grabs

Prior to both of these I ran Brembo SC pads which I really liked but they wore out quite quick and a set of SA too which was a good all rounder road pad

[trickywoo]

I’ve always been happy with ebc hh.

I tried sbs, sintered road pads once. They felt ok initially but once bedded in were genuinely scary. Every time I pulled the brakes I got that heart in mouth feeling because the initial bite was so poor.

They also juddered at low speed.

Took them off and put ebc on and all was fine again. I fitted both sets carefully myself.

I think I must have had duff pads from sbs because they were so bad but it’s put me off them for life.

[Prof Prolapse]

Front pads I use OEM.

Rear pads I use OEM if it's reasonably priced or SBS/EBC/Whatever is cheapest, they're almost entirely for show.

[mckeann]

Prof Prolapse said:

Front pads I use OEM.

Rear pads I use OEM if it's reasonably priced or SBS/EBC/Whatever is cheapest, they're almost entirely for show.

I've never ever ever replaced rear pads in my life.

[Prof Prolapse]

The last set I changed was because they corroded through lack of use and the pad material fell off

[Gavia]

mckeann said:

I've never ever ever replaced rear pads in my life.

Now you’ve done it.

I’d agree with OE pads or any designed for the type of riding you’ll be doing. No point getting a track only pad for road, no point getting ones for fast road / track if you’re using it to commute through a city.

[Mr OCD]

OE pads / SBS RS or Brembo SC if you are feeling flush ...

OE pads last me ages... yet SBS RS / Brembo SC's I seem to get through rather quickly!

[Pothole]

EBC HH on both bikes. They work fine.

[cbmotorsport]

+1 for SBS RS great pad.

[Birky_41]

Mr OCD said:

OE pads / SBS RS or Brembo SC if you are feeling flush ...

OE pads last me ages... yet SBS RS / Brembo SC's I seem to get through rather quickly!

Pads are a bit of a personal thing but I definitely preferred the SC over the RS and I had a slight judder too with the RS... they were fitted fine but it might've been the brand new discs

I just changed my rears on my road bike after 13,800 miles. They were about 70-80% worn

On track I never touch the rear brake

On an mx track you'll go through rear pads every 6-10 races but front will last half a season

It's funny how different grounds can affect brake usage so much

[terry tibbs]

sbs

brembo too soft, was going through a set every 7500 miles, so far sbs have lots of material left, i've well exceeded 7500 (zzr 1400) and they were considerably cheaper

[stevep944]

Thanks all, will go OE or EBC HH I think. SBS are a bit pricy!
Picked up OE rears off Ebay so just need to sort the fronts now.