Goldfren brake pads?

[JoeDougieDoug...]

Evening all,

It's that time again - new brake pads are needed!

Now normally I'd buy EBC however a friend of mine has recommended Goldfren pads. Never heard of them before so has anybody used them before? What grade did you use? S3, SS or AD?

Cheers guys
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CBT Passed - 22 / 10 / 11 >> Theory Passed - 16 / 02 / 2012 >> Mod 1 Passed - 07 / 03 / 2012 >> Mod 2 Passed - 18 / 05 / 2012.

[dannymassive]

I have personally used some Goldfren pads recently on my VTR1000 - purchased from ebay! I used the sintered HH (labeled as AD) pads. My impression on these pads are that they are a reasonable mid-budget pad. Sure, the bike stops fine with them, but they aren't quite as good as the EBC HH ones I usually use too - but note the difference is minimal. I would purchase them again and providing that you aren't going to be using your bike for track days or any serious racing, then yes, I would recommend them as a reasonably priced set of pads.
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[JoeDougieDoug...]

[MarkJ]

I have had a few sets of the sintered ones, no problems here. As above, good mid-range pads. I've never liked EBC to be fair, if I had to spend EBC prices on brake pads I'd buy SBS.

I've heard stories about there being knock-off Goldfren pads on ebay, so I've always bought mine from Busters to be sure of getting the real ones.

[P.addy]

Me, no real issues. Not as much bite as I'd like but in terms of £ for value and use, I'll use them again.

[MCN.]

Slung a set in 400 for track day, 8/10 would bang.

[JoeDougieDoug...]

[SQL]

I prefer the sintered and S33's compared to EBC's on the bandit

[-Matt-]

Used Goldfren sintered pads on the ZX6 for the last 30k+ miles; no complaints

[Matt B]

[DrDonnyBrago]

Used them, abused them, seem ok.

[ws4936]

[-Matt-]

[spikenipple]

I've got an almost-dead set of HH pads on my VTR1000. They feel fairly good and stop pretty well, however they are very dusty. They've covered about 8k miles.
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[Polarbear]

Not that keen on them. Had some on my busa when I wasn't too flush with money and they were awful. Tocico 6 pots mind.

I like Armstrong sintered pads. Cheaper than EBC but the best ones I ever fitted were Bendix. They were top of the range and bloody expensive though.
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[JoeDougieDoug...]

Cheer guys, will order some tomorrow and see how I get on
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CBT Passed - 22 / 10 / 11 >> Theory Passed - 16 / 02 / 2012 >> Mod 1 Passed - 07 / 03 / 2012 >> Mod 2 Passed - 18 / 05 / 2012.

[c-m]

Put some on the ZX9R and they felt awful, but actually stopped the bike fine. Even had me doing a stoppie when some idiot ran out in front of me.

They felt very wooden though and didn't have great initial bite. They also seemed to disintegrate pretty easily.

Wouldn't use again.

[Thorn]

I've always used them in the past but I'm convinced the quality is slowly deteriorating. I recall Goldfren being the only cheap brand of pads which didn't fade badly in the wet, but the current set on my ZX9R and a GSX750F I ride often are quite poor.

They wear fairly well, around 8000 miles from a set.

I personally wouldn't pay double for EBC HH pads which don't seem to feel/respond any better (not sure how EBC wear rate compares though).

I'm sure any set of el cheapo pads will stop any bike in most road conditions. Can you justify paying twice as much for pads that 'feel' better?
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"Everything you touch turns to disappointment."

[c-m]

For a lot of people regardless of bike braking is all about feel.

I changed at set of 200mile old Bendix pads for a set of EBC as I prefer the feel and initial bite of the EBC. Plus the Bendix squealed during soft braking.

[Thorn]