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Underdog1:
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?

gtmdriver:
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.

Nurse Julie:
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.

Underdog1:
 
--- Quote from: gtmdriver 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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--- Quote from: Nurse Julie 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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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

K2-K6:
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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