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brake pads
Hi
Just wondering what pads you guys are using and do you find the Ten eats rear pads? (yes i know it depends on your riding style...i do a lot of skids :) ) im UK based, will be ording off the net. need rear pads first, any good websites? Tar very muchly. |
Rear pads disappear more rapidly for me too, at a rate of about 2 rears to 1 front.
At the rear I replaced the OE ones (which lasted 9K miles) with EBC pads, cheap at �15, but didn't last as long as OE (about 6K miles) and were a little bit "grabby". The set I'm on now are Brembo (front and rear), which I think are the same as OE and have done 6K miles with about a third of the friction surface left on the back and more than half on the front. The Brembos were exactly twice the price of the EBCs, but a lot less than Yamaha genuine parts. The EBC pads I got from EBC Direct and the Brembos from Bike Torque Racing These are the ones I have tried on the Z... Front EBC FA181TT Rear EBC FA208TT Front Brembo 07BB04-12 Rear Brembo 07BB02-40 |
I've always had good service from Wemoto for Yamaha stuff.
Pads of choice are EBC HH front and EBC organic rear. I had some Goldfren pads off eBay once. I took them off and binned them after three days. They were lethally bad. I understand that there are a lot of Goldfren knockoffs about, and many of these on eBay, so maybe these weren't representative, but it's not a risk I would take again. |
I still have OE on my X after 10.5k miles (100% tarmac). Back brake is squealing a lot, despite cleaning with brake cleaner. They have around 2mm material left, but this is a guestimate - there doesn't appear to be metal/metal contact. Does the squealing indicate the pads are just about shot????
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FA208 is the part number, I think, and are usually a couple of quid more than the TT pads. The same pads are used on many other bikes. <edit> Here's a link -> http://www.msa-direct.co.uk/ebc-brak...0z-tenere.html |
Good point - As GULG suggests, if you do a good proportion of your riding off road then the R series EBC pad is probably going to work better for you than the TT.
It is probably worth clarifying that the R is sintered pad and the TT is an organic Kevlar pad. Sintered pads last longer and work better in the wet, but chew-up/score discs up more quickly and have a more abrupt action (less �feel�). Organic pads have a more progressive �feel� and are kinder to discs, but wear a bit quicker and aren�t quite as effective in extreme conditions. It�s horses-for-courses (bit like tyres). Choose the compound that suits your riding activity, budget and what feels right at the bars. Personal choice really; the only way you�re going to find out what suits you in the long run is to try all the different compounds/permutations. |
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