Cheap Pattern parts...

[dodsi]

Guys,

I have been looking at some parts and have noticed that you can buy full sets of brake pads made by pyramid for about £30 (2 packs of fronts and 1 pack of rear).

Are these a waste of money or do they do the job ok? does anybody have any experience of these? (not "these were ok on my Chinese 125" type advice)

Or am I better off just going with the classic EBC type.

Money is not the issue - I just don't like wasting it if something will do the job just as well.

Also, due to lack of use my battery is Dead - completely dead and therefore needs replacing. I can get a Yuasa for about £45 but there is a lexteh or something on amazon for about £25

any experience on these things? will I buy this and it just not hold it's charge and ending up buying another or will it do an acceptable job?

Thanks in advance.

[garth]

I'm pretty fussy with brake pads. IMO, it's really worth spending the extra on the fronts. SBS pads are superb, you can get a set of sintered for £40 for the fronts, any old cheap shite in the rear will be fine.

Never got on with EBC pads.

Batteries - Look at Varta. Cheap batteries don't last and are false economy. Varta batteries won't break the bank but last extremely well. (Yuasa are good too.)

[P.]

Another +1 for Varta, also Motobatt are exceptional.

Brake pads, I'll spend the extra on the CBR, but for my Vara or equivalent, Kyoto pads work fine.

[dodsi]

Confirming my suspicions really.

It's for my ZX9R - I just wanted opinions on the cheaper pads and if they are reasonable or are just crap.

Batteries - I will just buy something decent.

Buy once, cry once.

[chris-red]

I bought Armstrong Pads once, I thought them away after <500 miles cause of how shit they were. I'll never go cheap again!
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[charlie74]

brakes are one of the key things i would never personally compromise on... best you can afford every time

[moppy]

Ferodo pads are good and were cheap when I bought them. Have some carbon Lorraine now which are god awful.

[Copycat73]

I don`t buy brake pads off the net. unless someone recommends the supplier... I go to my local stealer when its quiet & they got time to chat.
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[h00dwink]

bought goldfren gp5 brake pads, rated as track use only. used them in anger at silverstone after bedding them in on the road. was impressed. edit- £40 for the full front set.

the road versions are the ones people moan about, they are shit. a mate had a set fracture apart on a track day.

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[Polarbear]

I fitted Armstrong sintered pads on 1800 Goldwing. It did stop but needed noticeably more pressure than EBC pads.

The best pads I have ever had were Bendix pads on my busa. Recommended by the UK busa forum they transformed the Tocico six pots on there, which have a dubious reputation at best.

Bloody expensive though, £50 a caliper if I remember right.
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[dodsi]

EBC pads and Motobatt battery ordered.

No cheap shite.

[pits]

[evoboy]