minimac
SuperDork
10/13/15 10:07 a.m.
Just a word of caution. Although sintered pads help braking a lot, as they get worn, the metal content seemed to increase. They also wear a heck of a lot faster. I recently did a 3K bike trip. Put on new tires and checked everything. Pads appeared to be about 1/2 worn on the rear, but since this trip involved a lot of super slab running, I determined they would be more than adequate. I was wrong. On my trip home I heard a slight unfamiliar noise, from the rear, when I would brake. For the rest of the way I only used the front brakes. When I got home , I pulled the rear wheel off and there was NO pad material on either pad. Of course the rotor was scored pretty badly too, so that's getting replaced too. Just a cautionary tale for you to be aware of.
Weird, I noticed my rear sintered pads seemed to have worn down rather quickly after holding on for a good while, I was surprised. What pads are you running? I am running EBC HH pads front and rear. New pads I ordered are kevlar so hopefully they work alright. Just stay away from organic pads, they wear like crazy. I went through a rear set in 4 months.
Depends upon how you're using the brakes.
Rears wear fast if you use them, they have to work harder since 60% of a bikes braking is handled up front.
minimac
SuperDork
10/15/15 7:38 p.m.
My pads were the the EBCs also.I too replaced them with the Kevlars. There is a noticeable difference(HH's were great), but the kevlars get better once they are well seated. The last time I switched to the Kevlars(different bike) it took almost 100 miles before they were working really well. I'm not hard on the brakes-this ride was my 650 Burgman. It slows down really quickly as soon as you release the throttle.
In reply to minimac:
My HH EBC's have lasted 10k miles thus far and still have a little life left.
Turbo bike has SBS HH's.
Ok put new kevlar pads on and they don't seem half bad. To be honest don't really notice any difference. The rear pads were only $12 on ebay shipped and made by ebc so we will see how they wear in. I almost bought the cheap chinese pads but I don't want to meet my maker yet.
