Brake pads – OLD Bull Trailriders

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November 2, 2008 at 11:37 pm #95323

Greg
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I got some EBC pads from fathead at Battyes in 2006 for the A4DE, he told me they would last the whole 4 day even if it rained etc. I was a bit worried has I have chopped pads out in a days muddy riding before and if the pads are that hard how will they go performance wise and will the disc’s wear instead of the pads.

2 years later, the fronts are due for replacement, the disc is fine and I can see no extra wear caused by the pads, the performance after a couple of stops is great, they seem to need warming up? good feel can control the brakes well.

I bought a set of pads on e bay once, $12 for my 600 when I went to cape york, these pads had worn away before the end of day one, damaging my disc and we didnt use much rear brake that day let alone that ride

Fathead maybe able to post the type of those pads for us here and supply them if required from his new web site

I overheard someone say at the 25th ride at the Watagans say their rear pads were worn out after lunch and they had fitted new ones for the ride who was that. (not Moto)

I know the pads I have been using are around $45 arent they Fathead?

TB

November 3, 2008 at 12:55 am #111333

Dean
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Trailboss wrote:

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I overheard someone say at the 25th ride at the Watagans say their rear pads were worn out after lunch and they had fitted new ones for the ride who was that. (not Moto)

TB

Yeah TB That would be me,I was in a bit of a rush to get the pads and they wore out no time flat. I got them from Pyramid parts about $14 which is cheap,but in this case you get what you pay for, I have bought other pads from ATVunlimited for my Wr I think they were $16 US and they were excellant,made by a european manufacturer and are still going strong, I am hard on rear brake pads as I tend to square off corners and accelerate, but the amount of wear that I experienced at the Watagans In my opinion was unacceptable and I wasnt happy as I had only just replaced the disk as well:angry: Fronts on my bikes last for ages as well:laugh:
ollie

November 3, 2008 at 1:14 am #111339

Mick D
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I use the red EBC pads and have been very happy with pad life and stopping power.Pretty well all our bikes are running them now.

November 3, 2008 at 1:28 am #111340

Greg
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Ollie wrote:

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Trailboss wrote:

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I overheard someone say at the 25th ride at the Watagans say their rear pads were worn out after lunch and they had fitted new ones for the ride who was that. (not Moto)

TB

Yeah TB That would be me,I was in a bit of a rush to get the pads and they wore out no time flat. I got them from Pyramid parts about $14 which is cheap,but in this case you get what you pay for, I have bought other pads from ATVunlimited for my Wr I think they were $16 US and they were excellant,made by a european manufacturer and are still going strong, I am hard on rear brake pads as I tend to square off corners and accelerate, but the amount of wear that I experienced at the Watagans In my opinion was unacceptable and I wasnt happy as I had only just replaced the disk as well:angry: Fronts on my bikes last for ages as well:laugh:
ollie

Ollie I only replaced the rears after the 30th aug ride in the watagns, they had done two years and are only half worn, I have the pads and carry them in my trailer as spares, I can show them to you at the xmas party.

TB

November 3, 2008 at 1:43 am #111342

Dean
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Nah TB its all good I believe you,I only went the cheapo option because Procycles Hornsby wanted $85 for Ferodo’s and that is outrageous IMO:angry:

ollie

November 3, 2008 at 1:53 am #111344

Greg
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no I was just saying because I dont believe the wear I got out of them, and $85 is way wrong!

November 3, 2008 at 3:56 am #111332

Brendon Carre
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I am with micknmeld, ebc always been good to me.

November 3, 2008 at 5:53 am #111351

Bruce Curtis
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I had a set fall apart last year in the KTM, the ones in my YZ look like pure metal, seem to have bugger all fibrous material, I’ll check the brand tonight when i get home but whatever they are they DON’T stop me very well at all, it’s like ballbearings on ice.
Now i have given my one riding secret away, have cwap brakes, everyone thinks you’re fast, you’re not you just can’t go slow

Mr Blue

November 3, 2008 at 7:44 am #111356

Paul Southwell
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I use puddles trees rocks KTMs even people for brakes.they never seem to wear out:silly:

November 3, 2008 at 8:08 am #111363

Nick Gilbert
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Your a funny man Tiny… Maybe i’ll do the sweeping at the xmas doo so im not in front of you!! :unsure:

November 4, 2008 at 1:56 am #111334

Scott Battye
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Brake pads. What a topic.
Everyone has there own opinion, everyone has there prefered brand.
I will say this though, any shop that wants to charge you $85 for a set of shitty Ferodo brake pads should be burnt to the ground.

Generally there are two types of Dirt brake pads.
Organic & Sintered. There are two compounds of Sintered offered by the leading brake pad manufacturers.

Organic being your cheaper option. ie: Red EBC
A cold temperature carbon based brake pad for off road use in dry conditions.

Sintered being the compound of brake pad fitted by all motorcycle manufacturers in the past 10 or so years.
A sintered copper alloy brake pad for off road use in all conditions, dry, wet, sand.

Sintered Race, Ultra high friction sintered copper alloy brake pad for maximum life, suited to fast riding conditions in dry, mud, sand.

Battye’s Bikes currently stock Bendix & EBC. The reason for stocking 2 x brands! EBC are currently suffering supply problems & Bendix are Sydney based & delivery is next day on all pads.
The Bendix Motorcycle range is not realated to the Bendix car range. Bendix Motorcycle brake pads are premium quality.
All Sintered brake pads range from $46 to $70 per set.

Battye’s Bikes do not stock or recommend Organic brake pads.

I hope this helps you choose your next set of brake pads.

“Stopping quickly is as important as Accelerating quickly”

The Fat Bat

November 4, 2008 at 2:00 am #111397

Greg
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Nice work big man, love ya work!

TB

November 4, 2008 at 2:07 am #111398

Mick D
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Trailboss wrote:

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Nice work big man, love ya work!

TB

He has better spelling and grammar than you, as well.

November 4, 2008 at 7:35 am #111401

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micknmeld wrote:

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He has better spelling and grammar than you, as well.

My Grammar is well too, and lives in England, but my Grandpa is dead.

November 4, 2008 at 7:47 am #111404

Greg
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slug wrote:

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micknmeld wrote:

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He has better spelling and grammar than you, as well.

My Grammar is well too, and lives in England, but my Grandpa is dead.

Cheers Slug your heaps funny unlike Devon head in Wauchope !

TB
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