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Single disc front brake help

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MarkCR750:

--- Quote from: Terry R on May 28, 2014, 01:06:52 PM ---I'm fairly new to CB ownership, I have a 1972 CB 750 with a single disc up front. The caliper has been rebuilt and everything seems to work as it should, caliper hinge pin moving freely, new brake fluid and no bleeding issues ( the bike has been restored ) but the stopping power is dangerously bad ! I appreciate it wont be up to modern standards but mine is too poor to leave it alone.
When pushing it around you can get the forks to bounce up and down with the front brake pulled, but riding it on the road it seems to take a long time to slow the bike, rear brake is excellent.
My question is : has anybody got a recommendation for the best disc pads to use ? Or any suggestions to make it better?

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Is the correct master cylinder fitted?, is it functioning properly?, after trying new pads I'd look there next, a new reproduction M/C is £29 (plus vat plus delivery) from David Silver so if the pads don't work it's cheap enough just to swap the M/C out.

K2-K6:
I'd say that a change of pads is a good step to try first, there can be a very big difference with some materials.

These old stainless discs were developed with asbestos pads and the discs didn't wear that much, all the use being taken off the pad material mainly.

Modern stuff (with asbestos removed) will have a more equal wear of both the disc and pad material and the interaction between a modern pad and old disc material can give odd characteristics. It's not that EBC are in any way poor, more that a spec mismatch just doesn't work well in some cases.

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