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Rob62:
Thanks for the info guys, i will check out the various options...
These are the pads I currently have...

https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/CB750K4-FOUR-1974-USA/part_105516/

I’ve done about 800 miles i think, they dont seem to be improving.

Moorey:
I wish I knew what pads are in my 750 as I consider them to be quite good for what they are and would get the same again. There are no markings at all on them unfortunately.  :(

Rob62:
I’ve ordered a pair of semi-sintered “V” pads from EBC.... the advertising blerb promotes them as long-life rather than high-performance..but we will see. The pads from DS came in a plain white box if I remember correctly so I’m guessing they are not branded, they were cheap thats for sure!

Rob62:
Pads arrived today...so I fitted them this afternoon. Im glad I’m not a Honda mechanic cos I reckon you’d be allotted about 20 mins for the job but it took me about an hour 😄. The pads were painted in quite thick orange paint that had to be scraped off before it would fit into the caliper...  Anyway once in i tried them straight away on the drive and there wasn’t any real bite, to be expected i guess as they need bedding in. However after a short 20mile ride they were biting much better and are already a big improvement over the DS ones. Thanks for the pointers! I think I’ll order some for the aircooled RD next....

Green1:
I have DSS pads in my 750 they took an age to bed in and there still crap so I give my gearbox hell to scrub speed off.
The brakes on the 550 were even worse and that came with the original Honda pads. I swaped them out for new DSS christmas cracker ones and rebuilt the master cylinder and they feel exactly the same  ::)

I find bashing down the box is the best way to scrub speed and it sounds good too.  ;D

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