Brake pads

[Jeff]

Dave brings up a key point with "pads can be worn out before they are done".  

When I saw the price of the Carbone Lorraine C43 pads I thought anyone was crazy to run them.  However, in the 2 sets I've run now, I have yet to find a pad that is as consistent through the ENTIRE PAD.

I took 2 pads down to almost bare metal and they were stopping with almost the EXACT same feel as they had on day 1.

[Mark Bernard]

I use the SBS pads on the Buell. I went through 6 sets for last season. I ran 5 events per weekend and did the whole schedule plus a couple out of my region. I like them alot, and like Edgar, I only run a  one calaper brake system. I have tried the EBC's but they just dont wear like the SBS's.

EBC vs. SBS... it's like 2 sets of EBC's to one set of the SBS's.

[r1owner]

Rob, do you see the Vesrah's?

[Scotty Ryan]

On my SV650 I only used Carbone Lorraine's, they felt good and lasted about two to three weekends. On my 600 this season I tried the Carbone's and the super RJL's. The Carbone's seemed to have more braking power, and had a consistant feel for the life of the pad(meaning that even if there wasn't much material left the pads still felt strong). I personaly felt that the carbone's started fading sooner towards the end of a race then the Super RJL's, also noteable was the fact that I had to replace the Carbone's more often then the Super's - about every weekend to a weekend and a half. Now the Super RJL's felt like you had to get them up to temp more so then the Carbone's and they also felt like there was a delay when I would apply pressure to the lever and when the pads would grab.The Super RJL's would last about a weekend and a half to two weekends depending on how many races I would compete in, the pads felt like they lasted longer during the duration of a race(more consistant lever feel over the course of a race)and also had a longer life... On the other hand the Carbone's felt like they had more initial bite, but also ate through the rotor's quicker then the SRJL's. We would bead blast the rotors between pad changes(as long as we were at the shop when we were changing pads),Pat (my mechanic) feels that everytime you put a new set of pads on they should have a new surface to mate to. If we were at the track and had to change pads we would use a fine grit sandpaper to remove the old pad material...

Scotty's two cents - so take it for what it's worth.....