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Offline Johnwebley

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Re: Sintered pads
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2014, 11:31:25 AM »
I ordered EBC organic pads in error for my Tiger 1050. They were no better or worse than the HH pads I normally use but wore out completely in 5000 miles. That's twice as quick as I would expect.
Not relevant to our old bikes I know, but it would indicate that they are made with a softer compound (recycled compost? How can brake pads be organic?)


 before I fitted the twins discs to my 500,I briefly fitted the £25 EBC pads,in the dry ,they felt useless,no bite,hight lever pressure,
in fact ,I felt a complete lack of confidence in then,BUT !! in soaking wet,they worked great, ?? Go figure !!!

so I junked them btw,the pad material appeared softish and a slate grey colour,maybe the new 2014/2015 is better

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Offline Lynx

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Re: Sintered pads
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2014, 09:35:28 AM »
The ones my 400 came with were highly sintered. Just looked like they were made of copper! I don't know what make they were but they were rubbish. I am now using SBS which I think are slightly sintered and are an improvement.
Yamaha RD500LC
Triumph Speed Triple RS.

Previous bikes include
1976 Honda CB400F Now sold :-(
CB350K3 x2
CB250G5
CX500C
VF500F2
VF1000FE

 

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