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Front brake
Johnwebley:
I have twin discs,
the feel is great,but it will not do "stoppies!!"
the pads are ok,but feel quite "hard",
does anyone one know a grippy pad?
something softer,we don't want to wear the disc,and as we tend to do small mileage,a high wear rate is ok,
any ideas ?
I am using DSS cheepo pads
Norniron:
--- Quote from: Johnwebley on September 27, 2015, 09:01:26 PM ---I have twin discs,
the feel is great,but it will not do "stoppies!!"
the pads are ok,but feel quite "hard",
does anyone one know a grippy pad?
something softer,we don't want to wear the disc,and as we tend to do small mileage,a high wear rate is ok,
any ideas ?
I am using DSS cheepo pads
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Yea John it wont do stoppies and i wouldnt want to on a 40yr old headstock.
Im using EBC pads and i find them great and quite grippy
wolfheze:
Did consider another disc but from what I've read it sounds a bit tricky finding the correct parts? I'm not under any illusions concerning the performance of a 40 year old bike and ride quite sedately but you can't allow for someone pulling out of a junction unless you ride every where at walking speed.
Norniron:
--- Quote from: wolfheze on September 27, 2015, 09:15:03 PM ---Did consider another disc but from what I've read it sounds a bit tricky finding the correct parts? I'm not under any illusions concerning the performance of a 40 year old bike and ride quite sedately but you can't allow for someone pulling out of a junction unless you ride every where at walking speed.
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U need to find a disc and caliper.i used a goldwing MC from Dave Silvers £40.it looks the same only a little taller.Braided hoses will also help
Norniron:
--- Quote from: wolfheze on September 27, 2015, 06:59:00 PM ---After getting off my street triple and straight on the 550 it really brought it home how poor the front brake is on the Honda. Are they meant to be this bad? Or could mine be not as effective as it should be? I would say the rear brake has almost as much stopping power and that it would probably be impossible to lock the front on anything but a wet greasy surface. Am sure the front disc on my rd250 was much better back in the day,admittedly the yamaha was a good bit lighter. As far as I know the pads are quite new and the travel at the lever feels fine.
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I do understand this cos i also have a street triple and the brakes are awesome
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