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Oddjob:
I have had ceramic pads on my 1300 for some years now. I find them far superior to organic pads, far less dust, slower to warm up but resist heat fade much better, they also make less noise than sintered and less dust than those as well. They are so good I intend to use them on my 500 and have already bought 2 sets.

Johnwebley:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 11, 2024, 04:22:05 PM ---I have had ceramic pads on my 1300 for some years now. I find them far superior to organic pads, far less dust, slower to warm up but resist heat fade much better, they also make less noise than sintered and less dust than those as well. They are so good I intend to use them on my 500 and have already bought 2 sets.

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Let me know what they are like,

Would be interested in using them,

With standard discs

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deltarider:
I'm particularly interested in the effect they have on the disk. Having read what Bryanj posted, I've changed my mind. I will not use those EBC pads and will get them out again. It's so long ago they were in use, that I had forgotten the sqealing hadn't been the only reason I didn't like them: back then I also had the feeling they were eating the disk. For the time being I will refit the OEM ones, until I have learned more on the ceramic pads. Also I still don't know what piston - if needed - would be the best option: SS or the chrome OEM one. I'd like also to know what Trigger's opinion is on this.

Oddjob:
SS, as the piston doesn’t touch the calliper it won’t cause any problems with the interaction between SS and alloy.

K2-K6:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 12, 2024, 09:17:30 AM ---SS, as the piston doesn’t touch the calliper it won’t cause any problems with the interaction between SS and alloy.

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Although not touching the alloy in a torqued state, like a bolt, the risk is still there.

It's facilitated by electrolyte (water and salt) to cause migration  between the two and corrode the aluminium. There's absolutely no weather protection on these caliper, no cover or seal and no bellows type mitigation to prevent ingress.

Silicone grease is specifically demanded right from the first 750 caliper in Honda manual, this effectively giving protection from it's hydrophobic properties. 
Clean and used with this grease, then none of the materials will have a problem.

I'd use stainless if there's well made component available.

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