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Brake pads and shoes
« on: June 06, 2018, 11:00:32 PM »
What’s the general consensus on organic vs sintered brake pads? The EBS ones on eBay are about the same sort of price.

Choice seems a lot more limited on brake shoes there are a ton on eBay around the £20 mark all with the same picture, most of them don’t mention a brand but some have a brand name I’ve never heard of, I assume they are all from the same manufacturer - are these any good? The other option is some EBS NOS, any reason they would become less effective with age?

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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2018, 08:52:38 AM »
I've always stuck with EBC Organic pads and shoes.

You can fit sintered pads if you wish but the are more abrasive on the front disc.

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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2018, 08:58:28 AM »
I found the sintered pads glazed over before they got bedded in. Had to remove them and rough them up a bit with sand paper to help them on their way.
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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2018, 10:01:20 AM »
 
I've always stuck with EBC Organic pads and shoes.

You can fit sintered pads if you wish but the are more abrasive on the front disc.

I found the sintered pads glazed over before they got bedded in. Had to remove them and rough them up a bit with sand paper to help them on their way.

I was already leaning towards the organic ones anyway so that’s that decided. What about the rear brake shoes? Choice is limited unless I go for NOS, which I’m not against, I just feel like buying 40 year old brake pads could be asking for trouble

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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2018, 07:12:35 PM »
This is a reasonable overview of sintered v organic friction materials.

http://powersports-blog.denniskirk.com/blog/2014/03/10/motorcycle-brake-pads-sintered-vs-organic/

With sintered, assuming good mechanical geometry,  you should be able to just cane them as soon as installed.  This is the bedding in process and no need to baby them.

Pads with resin content you'd be a bit more particular with how you get them going with more gentle initial phase to get the surfaces well aligned prior to a good heat cycle.

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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2018, 08:22:51 PM »
Has anyone managed to wear out a disk on an old Honda? there bloody massive.
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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2018, 09:39:31 PM »
Think you're right there Mick, it's a triple disc setup all installed in one brake  ;D

They are laughably thick discs on these bikes,  guess they were scared of any failure as they put the first viable disc into production.

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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2018, 09:59:52 PM »
I've seen a fair few over the years that are below Honda's min service thickness of 6mm. We guessed it was probably done back in the 70's when the first sintered pads came on the market (Dunlopad) people were so grateful for pads that actually worked in the wet that they used them regardless!
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Re: Brake pads and shoes
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2018, 11:50:47 AM »
Where can you get sintered front brake pads for a 750K2?

 

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