Brake pads....again....

Can I ask what brake pads the good folk in workshop would recomend for the following:

Bike = Fazer 600
Type of riding = London Commuting
object of pad = last a long long time!

N.B rear pads only, thanks

i'd say the stock pads tbh. most others increas performance but at the expense of wear. unless you try fitting blocks of wood.... (dont do that please...)

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Speaking generically, the longest-lasting pads that I've had were EBC Sintered HHs. This was not in the rear of a Fazer, however, so I cannot compare them to Yamaha OEM pads.

davevmax wrote

For fks sake!!!!! EBC!! specialize in pads.Do as they say!! sorry but it is LATE!!

Eh? English, please?

EBC HH pads do last a while, that's because the material they are made of is too hard. Would you rather have pads that you replace every 6 months, or pads that you replace at the same time as a scored disc, every year?

Just get OE pads.

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OK. Yamaha developed the fazer to be a great bike which it is. They spend millions of pounds developing everything on every bike produced, to cater for what the bike would probably be bought for ie, commuting and general riding on the road in your case i guess, and they developed/opted for the brake pads/material that is currently used because they work very well on that bike.
Unless your going to ride it on track to well over what the pads were intended for, buy OE pads.
OE pads are actually very good, but iof you are looking for something with a bit of extra bite, then its a game of trial and error to find one that suits you.

I never had a problem with Bendix sintered pads in my road bikes, or goodridge pads, but EBC can be very hard and iv personally had glazing problems with the sintered ones, but thats my experiences where others may say they are great.

OE pads

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Standard pads for long life, HH's for one-finger stopping but short life. Like tyres, you can't have it both ways.

Judging by the inter-changability of brake calipers I don't think the bike factories develop them, they go to Nissin/Tokico/Brembo and say 'We want calipers to stop a 200kg tourer/sports bike' and the makers give them sliding calipers (slightly cheaper) for street bikes and opposed piston calipers for sports bikes.

Your rear pads should wear out from the caliper sticking and dragging the pads against the disc long before they're worn out by braking

Many thanks gents......Std pads it will be :-)

Hiene Gerricke ones are £15 and made by carbon lorraine.

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davevmax wrote

For fks sake!!!!! EBC!! specialize in pads.Do as they say!! sorry but it is LATE!!

What the hell are you on about????