Help needed choosing brake pads

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Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by shadow » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:13 pm

I have bought some EBC discs for my NC30, I now need some new pads. I,ve done a search but nothing jumps out at me. I have seen some Brembo pads that seem reasonable, also Ferodo are quite well thought of. Honda original pads are another option, but I can,t find anyone who sells them. I,m open to your thoughts. Thanks.

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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by chrisja2 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:35 pm

SBS are good apparently.

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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by Polisher » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:07 pm

Ive always used EBC HH pads with good results.

I recently put some Dunlopad sintered pads in and they are superb. Took a bit of bedding in but good now with plenty of feel and good stopping power
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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by Neosophist » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:21 pm

Genuine standard Honda / Nissin pads are very good.
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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by Micro Monkey » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:49 pm

Always used EBC HH pads before but have started using performance-friction pads in both the rvf and yzf and they are superb performers.

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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by Simon_Ed » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:12 pm

sbs dual carbon pads in my race bike..........immense thats all i can say

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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by james66 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:16 pm

I tried EBC hh's in my race bike + absolutely hated them
Then went to SKB5 carbon larraine pads, loved them straight away + thats all i will use although i have also heard the sbs are very much the same but everyone has their own taste + preference

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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by shadow » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:28 pm

I am leaning towards Nissin or Carbon Lorraine, I need to know where to buy them from. If I google Nissin brake pads, it takes you to Goldfren brake pads, if I google Brembo brake pads, it takkes you to Goldfren brake pads, very frustrating. Thanks to all who took time to reply, I,m sure it will help others trying to find brake pads.

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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by Deviant400 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:11 pm

just been given a new set of armstrong hh pads , not to sure about them really, they do stop the bike and are 10 times better than the crap that was already in there that only seemed to coat the discs in a black fudge, ill give them a go for a while, least they cleaned off the black crap so now my discs look like steel again, just see how they hold up in the wet
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Re: Help needed choosing brake pads

Post by Neosophist » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:14 pm

shadow wrote:I am leaning towards Nissin or Carbon Lorraine, I need to know where to buy them from. If I google Nissin brake pads, it takes you to Goldfren brake pads, if I google Brembo brake pads, it takkes you to Goldfren brake pads, very frustrating. Thanks to all who took time to reply, I,m sure it will help others trying to find brake pads.
Genuine Honda pads are not cheap...

45105KV3701

There £15 each and you need 4

Lings.com have them
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