Galfer pads

[nsr500v4]

Any good? Or what other pads work well on the Fazer?

[fireblake]

I had Galfer oads in my Blade but also Braking Wave disc's
I have EBC HH pads on my Fazer and they are awesome. They've only been on for a few months so not sure how they will wear or whether they wear the discs more

Mickey

[stevierst]

The Bendix MF pads are really good too. Got them on my FZ1 atm. Had EBC pads on last. The Bendix are slightly better feel from cold, but not tested to fade yet. The EBC were gentle on fade, but you had to really give them some hammer to get there!

[PieEater]

Consensus of advice when I last changed was to fit EBC HH pads which I did, I haven't had a problem with them.

[nick crisp]

I've always used EBC HHs front, EBC Standards rear. Seem to be fine - need to change my front hoses tho, so braided lines should spruce things up a bit.
They won't need it for a while yet, but if I need to change discs, would like to fit wavy style - but, I've often wondered if these cause more pad wear due to the uneven shape of the outer part? (pads running over those shaped edges). As manufacturers actually fit them as standard these days, I guess it's not an issue?

[b1k3rdude]

Ive had the galfer pads on a FZS1000 and Bandit600 and they are ok, but not as good as the EBC and the best are Carbone Lorraine/Genuine Yamaha.

[AyJay]

I always match pads with discs. Genuine Yamaha with Yamaha discs, EBCs with EBC discs. The reason is that I had a set of EBC pads chew through 2.5mm of my 4.5mm discs in 2000 miles on my VFR. That's just me, other people's mileage may differ but my Fazer's got 108,000 miles on it and the discs are good for another 30,000 at least.


It doesn't matter so much if you're not putting galactic mileage on your bike, of course.

[locksmith]

That's a coincidence, I just came back from my first ride on EBC HH pads. Night and day difference from the OE pads!
Just went into yammie during the week and bought oil, filters and front pads as the originals were squealing under heavy braking. Never asked for those pads that's what they sold me. Glad they did!