Bought my low mileage, not ridden hard ( it is now) 05 999 2 months ago. Was out last Thursday night pondering the consequences of brake failure at the speeds we do on bikes, just a fleeting thought. Saturday I thought I'd take the calipers off and have a look even though the pads looked ok in situ. Removed L/H caliper and out dropped the friction part of one of the pads leaving the backing in place. R/H caliper off and 3 bits dropped out . Looks like they were the original Brembo pads and they had corrosion between the friction material and the carrier. Don't like to think of the consequences of one dropping out or jamming in the caliper. Maybe if you have these type of brakes (pad per piston), your bike doesn't get used much, they are the originals in an older bike or you don't know their provenance, it may be worth a check. Went and bought new pads and fitted ok. Brembo pads £106 per caliper, SBS £66 for the lot, have a guess which I went for. OGR
I noticed a good regular dosing of brake and clutch spray does wonders for the front brembo brakes. Sprayed my mates last week and he too was surprised at the difference it makes. Seems the Brembos can dust up quickly. Never had this before with the jap brakes. (not that it would stop the pads breaking up, just thought I would mention it)
I had my R1 off the road for 3 years and decided to get it back on the road a few months back. Its amazing how rusty brake pads can get, so for the sake of the little cost, i fitted new brake pads all around (Carbon Lorraine SBK pads). I also fitted new braided lines & new fluid. Now the bike can stop on a penny. Amazing. I actually had a incident a few years back when I left my car parked up for a week whilst I was abroad. Came back, it was over winter, and as I reversed the car, the brake pads sheered straight off the backing plates. The cold weather had frozen the pads to the discs. Luckily I had the tools i needed to replace them in the back of my car, and so a quick trip to the parts place and I managed to swap the pads out in the car park.
Far prefer EBC HH to Brembos,far more feel and better stopping power INHO,oh and under half the price of Brembos.
I recently popped some EBC HH into my 1098. Very pleased. Ive used them before on other bikes, but was using Performance Friction pads before, which did the job nicely too. Didn't want to spend the money on Brembo pads either :tongue:
And I had the performance friction pads before too,I have to say that value for money,feel and braking ability I cannot fault the EBC although quite a few peps tried to dissuade me.
Ive just fitted EBC HH in my 996 and they are pretty good. Certainly feel as good as the Carbon Lorraine xbk5 in my R1.
Have put the EBC HH in the 999. The braking is every bit as good as with the Brembo pads - probably better, but as the old pads were worn and I haven't really used the new ones in anger yet, it's hard to say.
Had the material falling off the backing plate on some EBC pads on my Son's Yamaha. I took them out to clean them as there was some binding and the entire friction pad just fell off! The bike was used everyday and was very dirty but, even so I didn't expect that to happen on pads that were only a year old...
I have SBS on mine at the mo, cant grumble at all at them. I have a set of Carbone Lorraine that I stole off ebay for £20. I always grab stuff like that and just stick them on the shelf till I need them.
