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ARay

New Member
Hi all.
I need to replace the following;

brakes (looking for your recommendations)
rotors (do I need to? I read you must each time the brakes are replaced).
tires (decided to go with... Michelin Pilot Road 2 at $373.49)

Bike Profile: 2010 model, 13,500km, no mods.
Upcoming ride from Ottawa to Newfoundland and back in 3 weeks (4-5,000km).

Appreciated amigos and amigas.

- ARay
 
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Rabbitman109

Lumen Junkie
Elite Member
ARay said:
Hi all.
I need to replace the following;

brakes (looking for your recommendations)
rotors (do I need to? I read you must each time the brakes are replaced).
tires (decided to go with... Michelin Pilot Road 2 at $373.49)

Bike Profile: 2010 model, 13,500km, no mods.
Upcoming ride from Ottawa to Newfoundland and back in 3 weeks (4-5,000km).

Appreciated amigos and amigas.

- ARay
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I have the EBC Double-H Sintered brakes and they are nice. Good stopping power. You don't need to change your rotors every time you change brakes. They will last you I believe it says 24,000 miles in the owners manual...or 38,624km for you. Check your owners manual under routine and scheduled maintenance.
 
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Nastybutler

Cynical Member
Elite Member
FZRblack said:
I have the EBC Double-H Sintered brakes and they are nice. Good stopping power. You don't need to change your rotors every time you change brakes. They will last you I believe it says 24,000 miles in the owners manual...or 38,624km for you. Check your owners manual under routine and scheduled maintenance.
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The ECB HH pads will chew through the stock rotors a lot faster than the stock pads will. But you can wait till that happens to replace them.
 
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Nastybutler

Cynical Member
Elite Member
ARay said:
Hi all.
I need to replace the following;

brakes (looking for your recommendations)
rotors (do I need to? I read you must each time the brakes are replaced).
tires (decided to go with... Michelin Pilot Road 2 at $373.49)

Bike Profile: 2010 model, 13,500km, no mods.
Upcoming ride from Ottawa to Newfoundland and back in 3 weeks (4-5,000km).

Appreciated amigos and amigas.

- ARay
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I also use the ECB Sintered HH pads and together with the steel lines they are a vast improvement over the stock brakes. While you don't need to change the rotors, there is a "break in" period while the new pads mate up with the used rotors. Keep that in mind after you change them out.
 
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Spunky99

New Member
I use the Sixity scintered front brakes. Excellent product. I have compared then to EBC and they are a whole level better in manufacture and functionality.
I use them on the race bikes and the Triumph and the FZ6R before I crashed.


Also just use the regular stock pads for the rear brakes to prevent accidental lockups. The stock pads are fine. Scintered are overkill on the rear and might cause you grief in an emergency if you aren't used to them.

09 Yamaha FZ6R Brake Pads Sintered Bronze F+R | eBay
 
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ARay

New Member
Hey all.
Appreciated your recommendations. I feel much better knowing you guys vouch for these products. Thanks again.

- Andrew
 
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dart1963

Super Moderator
Elite Member
I wouldn't use ebay for brake pads...

as a side note:
oddly, I went to my local dealer for rear pads... they handed me EBC double Sintered pads, so if the dealer recommends them, they must not be too bad... $26 for the set
 
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auniquesoul

New Member
gotcha! thx, to the dealer I go then....
 
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Chucker

Active Member
If you haven't got your new tires yet, consider heading into the states if you've got the time and can get a decent deal near the border. My neighbour just saved $200 on his tires by driving from Mississauga to Buffalo.
 
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Spunky99

New Member
yfz6r said:
Common motorcycle belief is replace the rotors every other time you replace the pads
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After riding motorcycles for 43 years, this is the first time I've ever heard this.

I check the rotor width to spec with a dial caliper and if within spec I check runout with a dial indicator. Replacing rotors that are 100% within spec with new ones seems kinda stupid to me. Kinda like replacing the engine on your car every 50K miles for no good reason other than the engine salesman's recomendation.

I guess if you have money to burn, you may as well replace the entire brake system every other time the pads need replacing.

The problem is that the new rotors may be worse than the ones you replaced and you won't find out until you make an emergency stop and the brakes fail.
 
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JSP

Super Moderator
Cautious_Corner said:
Well put spunk! I didn't know u have been riding that long though, good for u


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Yeah, Spunk has been around a while...

Here is a picture of his first motorcycle! :)

 
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Spunky99

New Member
jspansel said:
Yeah, Spunk has been around a while...

Here is a picture of his first motorcycle! :)

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That there be a modern wonder and worth a lot of $$. Mine was made of granite like Fred Flintstone's car.

Truth be known, I started on a Hodaka Ace 90 powered mini-bike in 1967 and my Dad bought me a brand new Hodaka Ace 90 in 1968. Last of the 90's as they went to 100cc mid 68'.
Like this and the one below




I had lots of dirt bikes (Bultaco Matador and Pursang, Suzuki 390) until my first street bike in 1972


Then I joined the US Army in 1974 and rode this for 2 years on Oahu
1968 BSA 650 Lightning with a 3/4 drag cam)


Lots of street bikes since then but no more dirt bikes except my current one.
 
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stuna

New Member
yfz6r said:
Common motorcycle belief is replace the rotors every other time you replace the pads
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my gl1800 has 96,000 miles on it i use ebc hh pads . I HAVE NOT CHANGED A ROTOR ON IT and i pull a trailer . have you checked the price of rotors :eek:
 
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Spunky99

New Member
stuna said:
my gl1800 has 96,000 miles on it i use ebc hh pads . I HAVE NOT CHANGED A ROTOR ON IT and i pull a trailer . have you checked the price of rotors :eek:
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Yes I did as a matter of fact and I nearly fainted....;)
 
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Spunky99

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CrazyCawi

New Member
holey Hayzues....good thing mine are good for now lol
 
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