Brake Pad Recommendation

[ducati_tim]

Who makes good brake pads? Why do you think that your recommendation is good?

[He Man]

anything that isnt organic is suppose to be pretty good. My brake pads are pretty weak right now. i have to summon the gods of right forearm power if i wanted to endo my bike.

[Speeddog]

Ferodo makes good stuff.
Their Platinum pads are nice, not grabby on a light lever pull, but still plenty of power with a little harder squeeze.
The *very* few times I used them in the rain they seemed fine, but I'd defer to someone who's used them a lot in the rain.

I've used their Platinums and SinterGrips on the rear, and Platinums and CP211 on the front.
SinterGrips and CP211 have more bite than the Platinums.

But I've been on iron rotors for a long while, so YMMV.

[ducpainter]

I use DP (Dunlop Pads).

I use the racing version because I was doing a lot of track riding at the time.

Strong initial bite...no fade.

I think I might try the regular HH version next time as I don't use the bike on the track any more.

[LA]

I'm with SpeedDog. CP211. You don't get the big initial hit of the HH OEM pads, but power build very progressively. They work well in the wet too. I like em a lot.

They're suppose to work well with both iron or stainless rotors.

LA

[Ddan]

I use DP (Dunlop Pads).

I use the racing version because I was doing a lot of track riding at the time.

Strong initial bite...no fade.

I think I might try the regular HH version next time as I don't use the bike on the track any more.

I'm using the street version, and there is no comparison to stock, which is all I have to compare them to.  Very predictable , two finger braking.

[Tangerine Dream]

Can anyone reccomend a supplier of the Dunlops?  And what to expect to pay?

[COWBOY]

Ferodo makes good stuff.
Their Platinum pads are nice, not grabby on a light lever pull, but still plenty of power with a little harder squeeze.
The *very* few times I used them in the rain they seemed fine, but I'd defer to someone who's used them a lot in the rain.

I've used their Platinums and SinterGrips on the rear, and Platinums and CP211 on the front.
SinterGrips and CP211 have more bite than the Platinums.

But I've been on iron rotors for a long while, so YMMV.

+11ty billion.  The Ferodo Platinum pads are great.  I use them with the standard snowflake rotor and they bite nicely without grabbing on a light pull but will really dig in win you hit them hard.

[Ddan]

Can anyone reccomend a supplier of the Dunlops?  And what to expect to pay?

I ordered mine through BCM

[ducpainter]

Can anyone reccomend a supplier of the Dunlops?  And what to expect to pay?

Last time I bought them from BCM I think they were $43 per caliper.

[herm]

I'm using the street version, and there is no comparison to stock, which is all I have to compare them to.  Very predictable , two finger braking.

+1 on these 

[Desmo Demon]

As the brake pads need replacing on my bikes, I've been replacing them with EBC HH pads. I've been very pleased with them after a few trackdays, thousands of miles of wet weather riding, and ambient temperature ranges from 30-degrees to 100+ degrees.

[uclabiker06]

Slight jack:   From my understanding the sintered pads eat away the rotor at a faster rate then the non sintered pads.  By how much will the life span of one's rotors decrease if they have sintered versus non sintered pads.

[Howie]

The sintered pads are a problem with iron rotors, but are fine with stainless.

[Alex]

This is one area where I think you might want to go with stock pads from the dealer. Maybe it's just superstition, but I've had galfer greens and ferodo platinums both recently, and both ended up pulsing (new rotors too). The only time my brakes ever worked was with my original pads..

I miss them.