FRONT BRAKES

[jason1]

Hi , im on a tight budget and looking at GOLD fren ceramic carbon pads on Ebay £26 for both sides . Has anyone tried these out? or could recommend a better alternative . All advise is received with a  :lol

[darrsi]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SBS-FRONT-BRAK...231bdee105

[Punkstig]

Ferodo platinum are more then capable for road use and are the best I've ever used in the wet- very little difference in stopping from the dry.
I recently fitted the ferodo sintered but only because I did a track day at bedford autodrome and they did not fade once during the day and I am a pretty heavy breaker!

[garyb]

Hi , im on a tight budget and looking at GOLD fren ceramic carbon pads on Ebay £26 for both sides . Has anyone tried these out? or could recommend a better alternative . All advise is received with a  :lol

Don't buy those gold fren - I had them on the blackbird and they were pure shit!

EBC HH area a savage pad - more expensive but I love the feel of them and the bite is brilliant.

[jason1]

Hi got the EBC HH pads on rear and agree bite hard . Due to funds the ferodo pads look good value at mo , esp if there good in the wet as i do a lot of motorway commuting and we all know the dick heads about then  :eek Dont think ill go for the gold fren  if there that bad . The jury is out 

[darrsi]

I bought my front Galfer pads at a reduced price on Ebay but just had a look for you and they've gone back to nearly double the price.
If i'd have known i'd have bought a couple of pairs, because they're bloody great and are barely wearing at all, and also not even wearing the discs out.
I will probably go SBS next time, as i have them on the rear and i'm very pleased with them, and they're a good price.

[stevierst]

Just bought the Bendix MF pads for the fz1 which were quite cheap, they're really good! Getting some for the little fazer soon.

[Dead Eye]

SBS Ceramics on the front for me Great pads, was recommended them on here and haven't looked back

[Frosties]

Don't buy those gold fren - I had them on the blackbird and they were pure shit!

EBC HH area a savage pad - more expensive but I love the feel of them and the bite is brilliant.



Agreed with the EBC HH. Got them on the Tiger and the Fazer....great feel & bite with no fade!

[Liroka]

Do not buy Gold Fren! When I removed my front calipers to service them just after New Year I was shocked when at least one pad came away from the backing plate on both sides - they were about 8 months old with very little use.  :eek


*NB* May have said these were Kyoto in a previous post but having recently checked receipts they were in fact Gold Fren. Saying that though, I definitely tried Kyoto pads at the rear and they're worse than useless in the wet so I'd avoid those too.

[jason1]

Cheers guys for info , def avoid Gold Fren pads , Leaning towards SBS pads . Few more notes but gotta be worth it .

[andybesy]

I've been happy with my sbs

[darrsi]

For the price, you seriously can't go wrong with SBS, they're extremely good value with great feedback.

[Dead Eye]

Very true, pretty sure I paid about £15 a set for my current ones so not that much more expensive than what the OP listed