Time for new Brake Pads - Which are the "best"?

Just a quick one..... My pads have had it and time for a new set just the front atm... Which would be the choice to go for to a budget of say £25 a pair only for the front but both left and right.

Thanks

Ash

i like the EBC HH pads. tho ther is loads of others armstrong are also fairly good aswell and cheap.

Question of preference. OEM pads are perfectly adequate for the 650, HH do feel like they have a better initial bite but they eat your disc brakes a lot.

[yorkie_chris]

Nothing wrong with the OEM's

Originally Posted by Raf

HH do feel like they have a better initial bite but they eat your disc brakes a lot.

They only wear discs through discs a little more than other brands, many accounts of 'eating through' discs was down to poor discs not pad choice.

As said before it is a personal preference with pads, like tyres. I personally prefer EBC HH pads, think of it this way if they 'eat' through discs then surely that means they are causing more friction which is how brakes work! Just to confirm though, the wear of discs is not excessive and not as much as some claim!

[21QUEST]

My preference is OE pads(for almost all bikes I've had) but they are pricey. I tend to use Nissin semi-sintered if available now.

Perhaps I'm just a bit odd lol but never seem to have as much a problem with braking on bikes(on the road)....even with 15 year old rubber hoses and non-sintered pads

I wouldn't put any EBC product on my Lawn mower if I could help it.



Cheers
Ben

[timwilky]

I always use EBC HH whenever I replace pads these days. However, on the SV, I found them a little vague. They were certainly more efficient than the OEM. However, they seemed to lack the bite I was used to.

Perhaps that is down to the 2 piston design of the SV? I have them on my little gsxr and they far outbrake the OEM pad

[Spanner Man]

Afternoon all.

As I've said many times before, this reputation EBC HH pads have of 'eating' discs is an utter fallacy. ANY pad compound that has a higher friction rating than standard will do the same. BUt only if you use the extra braking they give you all of the time.

There are a lot of good pads available these days such as Carbon Lorraine etc. Even Armstrong have come a long way since they were introduced, (they were c rap then).

It's worth mentioning that a lot of claims to excessive disc wear after new pads have been fitted, are down to deficiencies in the caliper & not in the pads themselves. In the case of the SV front calipers this is usually the caliper not sliding properly on it's mounts.


Cheers

Originally Posted by Spanner Man

this reputation EBC HH pads have of 'eating' discs is an utter fallacy. ANY pad compound that has a higher friction rating than standard will do the same. BUt only if you use the extra braking they give you all of the time.

Thank you Spanner Man, been waiting for you to confirm the so called 'eat disc' rubbish.

So make sure you give the brakes a little clean and greese the caliper sliders when you have them off.