What do you guys like running for mx and woods? I'm not as concerned with pad life as I am strong, progressive feel. It's not very often we get into REALLY muddy stuff, but this is the North East so our trails tend to be a bit wet, not usually to the point of caking up the rotors though. The stockers seem to be losing some power, so I figured I'd see what works for some others. ;)
Brake pads
- Thread starter _JOE_
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Get the red pads Joe, you can never go wrong with red! SS lines if you want a solid feel.
They were sintered pads. They were red backed. Past experience with the kevlars was they ran hot and cracked, and the same with the metallic pads. Less metal the better. The sintered tore up the rotors, but stopped great and very reliable. But this was an A-class maniac, extreme torture! If that X series is the newest pad, "product of the year", then it will be a month or so before I get my hands on them to test. I have a little project coming up. And talk about opening a can of worms, ebc's website said I needed some xls file extension, and found some damn virus from myspace, well I have some maintenance to do! Oh, and you will never get back that solid feel till you replace your old brake lines. You would be surprised just putting new oem's back on. They get weak spots and bubble. Not a lot, but the pistons do not push much fluid either. A fast bike is useless if it can't stop on a dime.