Thumper Club Forum
Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: Oldtimer on March 18, 2016, 12:46:01 PM
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With such a plethora of pads on the market, which one do you go for? I ride my XBR occasionally but when I do I do tend to brake heavily on the front brake. Which one would you recommend? Brembo pads look OK but which one?
Look forwards to your recommendations.
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I've used Brembo pads before and they were fine, these days I tend to use EBC but for no particular reason. Generally get a known brand rather than some you see on Ebay etc. Sintered pads were thought to give better braking but wear the disc a bit faster. Big thing I've found with XBR's is to check that both brake pistons are coming on evenly, XBR's tend to suffer with sticky pistons and I often found that one is coming on more than the other which makes a big difference to the brake performance. Working properly I've never found the XBR front brake wanting for normal road riding.
Oh, if you don't already have one get a braided front brake hose, that helps too.
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Every thing is fine at the moment, it is just that since purchasing the bike over 4 years ago I have never had cause to change them. They are working fine at the moment it is just a precautionary measure. The same thing with the spark plug, never had it out!
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The same thing with the spark plug, never had it out!
It's worth just loosening it a few tyrns then nip it up again from time to time as they can get very tight.
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I've fitted some 'GoldFren' sintered pads to the front of my CB250RS and quite frankly they don't seem as good as the EBC ones.
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Again, for no particular reason, I tend to use EBC pads.
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Ferodo Platinum are the biz. Wet braking is great.
Cheers
Min
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Ferodo Platinum are the biz. Wet braking is great.
Cheers
Min
Wet Braking!!!!!!!! fine weather rider--------