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Once again i come to you all for your opinions/experience/advice!
Going to be swapping front sh@gged calipers for newly refurbed ones and might aswell replace the pads at the same time... Ive always been told to use (and like a sheep i have followed) EBC sintered pads as theyre better... but theyre pretty expensive too.
Im happy to pay for decent stopping power but just want a second (third, fourth) opinion too!
Im 17st kitted out riding a pointy, 75% of my riding is commuting on A roads with the occasional motorway jaunt, and 25% fun social riding (not quite track riding but we dont hang about)
So... answers on a postcard please! :riding:
Cheapest EBC I found on Ebay, delivered reasonably quick for the xmas period.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400336615331?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Not fitted yet, too busy fitting sat-nav / phone hard case power supply today.
garynortheast
07-01-13, 08:18 AM
I've been using these (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/goldfrenbrakepadsdirect/_i.html?_nkw=sv650&sid=664186065) for the last 4 or 5 years. Do a decent job, good price too.
Genuine EBC .
Like night to day on the ZX6
ebc hh front. When you need to stop quickly you don't want to be thinking, 'I hope these pads are good'
CodeJACK
07-01-13, 05:26 PM
Anyone like the Galfers?
Anyone like the Galfers?
got a set with intentions to fitting but once they arrived i thought twice.
they are very very thin and about the same thickness as the EBC pads i was going to replace which are worn.
i'll more than likely chuck them on as a stop gap but it will be back to EBC when they are done.
i just wish EBC would make organic for K6> GSXR calipers.
MJC-DEV
07-01-13, 07:23 PM
I have Galfer discs and HH Galfer pads as they came as a set. Very, very impressed with the stopping power (as was a friend when compared to his standard pads). They do tend to grab and stop though at very low speeds compared to standard.
CodeJACK
08-01-13, 11:35 AM
Yeah, I bought a spare SV front wheel that had Galfer disks already fitted !
But I was using EBC pads and found that the EBC HH was really cutting into the disk. Googling found me lots of stuff about EBC HH pads being very aggressive so I thought I would match the Galfer disks to pads.
Just arrived today, I got green 1645 (i think) pads:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/181036315216?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
They didnt seem thin at all so ill fit em next week and let ye know.
FYI, I have GSXR calipers fitted
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