1299 M50 And M4 Pads

I think they are the same; its the pinless design that changes easily and this would suggest they are the same:
https://www.reactiveparts.com/brembo-z04-sintered.html

 

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you will need the front wheel out in order to change the pads.

 

No, just calipers off.

 

I dont recall taking my front wheel off to change pads on my 1299S. Pretty sure I didnt.

 

M4 calipers require removing to change pads. M50 calipers are a design iteration different. Andy

 

Nah, you don’t need to take out the wheel, just the callipers.

Just bought 2 sets of Brembo Z04 pads. Bloody expensive so they must be amaze balls.... anyone used them? Super duper?

 

I much prefer the SC, they don’t need warming up, I like the bite and the feedback feel and I haven’t experienced fade at all. To be fair, with my slightly less “hail mary” riding style, I don’t need the ultimate anchor Andy

 

Yeah, you are right. What I meant to say is that you cannot remove the pads with the disk still in the caliper. On some calipers you could remove the pin or clip and slide the pad out of the top. With these you cannot.

Has anybody tried the SA compound?

 

SA is the standard sintered road pad, SC is still sintered but IMO good for track days and is a big step up from the SA, then you have RC which is the track and race sintered carbon ceramic pad. The Z04 is the professional race pad. Andy

 

Got Z04 pads in the 899, pretty impressive but I’m down to my last set now and I’m going to order some GPFAX pads as I’ve heard that there’s not much difference in performance but a shitload of difference in price

 

I’ve changed the Z04 pads on the 899 by just pulling the pin out. Don’t need to remove the caliper or wheel

 

Z04 are 100% worth the crazy cost, they more or less pay for themselves in stability, how long they last and also lack of delamination which tends to affect every other brand and can destroy expensive discs. I'm soon to test out the EBC GPFax with a view to comparing to my usual Z04 so I will let you know. The British Army Team and a bunch of other teams and racers have been using them and they all say good things about them so definitely worth a look. My expectation is that they will compare well to other race pads, performing to a similar level as the Z04 except the Z04 usually lasts 2-3 times as long hence the price. Bendix and TWM do good comparable race endurance pads which are also pricey and whilst both are good the Z04 is still the best in my experience and the only one not to delaminate when getting low.

 

I’ve run my Z04s right down to the wear marker without any drop in performance or delaminating

 

Thanks for that. What puzzles me is that you have the OEM Brembo pad which is very expensive, then the SA which is about half the price, then the SC which is a little more but still nowhere near the OEM pad cost. Why are the OEM pads so expensive?

 

I prefer the Bendix/sbs pads over the z04.
Don't know if the z04 were old but they chucked out so much dust!!

 

SBS DC are only lasting me 3 or 4 days on track on the Aprilia I need to try something else!

 

Yeah I did that. And fucking binned it at turn 8 Almeria. 100% due to ‘they’ll be ok for another session’
I won’t be doing that again. Til next time