Rear brake pads : What & who from???

[ali]

Hi all,

I'm replacing my rear brake line this weekend, and thought I'd do the pads at the same time (they're currently horrible sintered items that grab after about 2 secs).

Any bright suggestions as to what to put in and where to get 'em from?

Many thanks,


Ali

[Iconic944ss]

I'm really happy with the Bendix semi-race pads I got from Mike Davis at Robsom Racing.

Carbone Lorrane SBK pads also seem to be another good choice.

[ali]

Top geezer that Mike Davis.

Bendix one's ordered for £12 incl next day delivery, including 10% off for DSC (which he offered with prompting). :)

If only all things Ducati were so cheap.....

Thanks Frank.


Ali

[Iconic944ss]

No Worries Ali,

Glad you got sorted - Mike and Nelly at Cornerspeed are the top kiddies for consumable items in my book.

Keep an eye out on ya brake fluid level when fitting the new pads my friend, its nasty stuff !!!

Good luck - Frank

[yeti]

Ali, you wanna consider fitting a wavy disc to the rear. Fitted one to the 996 and now have a brake that works - rather too good sometimes!

[ali]

Yeti: Nice idea. What am I looking at for one???

Cheers,

Ali

[yeti]

Ali, if you hang around a bit you can have the one off Redruth's new bike, I'm sure she ain't gonna use it............

If she goes all PMT on you, I seem to recall I paid about 60 quid for mine and that came with pads as well. Can't for the life of me remember company, but they were Braking and Talon dealers. A search on the net should locate them.

The wavy made a big difference to the bike as I run the front fairly soft, and could use a bit of back brake to avoid unsettling the front. Never did subscribe to the modern fashion of only ever using front brakes.

[ali]

Originally posted by yeti
Never did subscribe to the modern fashion of only ever using front brakes.

Agreed. 900SSs can be buggers to turn in if you're carrying a bit of speed. A gentle drag on the back brake feels like a much more stable way of knocking 5mph off on the turn-in.

Besides, my front diablo turned into a blistering, greasy, liability at Snetterton, causing a lurid 10m front-end slide into Russell :o(sheer incompetance on my part), so I'm learning to take it easy on the front......

And Ruth would never part company with any of her new love. Just as well I know where she lives then. ;)

Cheers,

Ali

[yeti]

Ruth will never notice if you quietly slip it off in the night..................hope she's not watching!!!

[Iconic944ss]

I vaguely remember somewhere advertising a free rear wavey disc if you bought both fronts but sorry, cant remember for the life of me where :(

Everyone seems to have jumped on the 'wavey' making bandwagon, I've heard of the original - Braking, galfer and also EBC and Hyperlite and thats without even taking a real interest.

So who makes the good / best one ???

[ali]

Quite happy with my fully-floating fronts at the moment, and I really can't afford to upgrade. Will keep an eye on ebay for a single rear, but it'll probably wait until the winter restoration/modification project kicks in....

Any bright ideas as to where ex-race bikes/spares get sold?? I'm after some more generic bits like wheels/race calipers/forks that could probably come off a number of different bikes.

Cheers,

Ali

[Iconic944ss]

You could try the classified on racing websites like...

the ACU..

http://www.motorcyclinggb.com/

but apart from some tyres, I'd have thought most racing bits would be HEAVILY abused - just my impression.

Stick with the dreaded E-Bay ;)

More racing and other links at....

http://bikesource.co.uk/index.php?viewCat=7

Have Fun Ali

[Rob B]

Ali,

Try Talon direct as they are Braking importers and do a great service.

Rgds,

Rob

[yeti]

Ali

Rob is right, it was Talon I got mine from at the AllyPally show cpl years back.

[Dukerob]

Nelly's got some crazy rear wavey's in for around £70 or £80 (can't remember) I had one fitted last year and it really works, you do need new brake pads too. You can lock the rear wheel with one of those fitted, it looks cool too ;)

(Then, from experience, you need to fit a corsa rear brake lever and ruin the feel so you keep locking it up and consequently stop using it altogether !) :(

[FiscusFish]

I got one of these http://www.moto-master.com/ from Stuart at Spareshack (He gives a discount for DSC members too).

Can't honestly say it brakes any better (It's always worked) but with the cast iron fully floating fronts on my SL, quite frankly I don't care....