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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2011, 08:37:57 AM » |
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Search is your friend. So it the tech section.
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2011, 09:07:55 AM » |
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OEM is to expensive
Just fer yuks and giggles price out all three yes 3 rotors on yer scoot. Now how expensive do the pads look?? It is totally up to you and i ain't trying to sway your decision. Sides-iffin yore tryin ta keep from t-bonein the stupid a$$ cage that pulled out in front of you???  Now talk price to me.  RIDE SAFE. |
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jer0177
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2011, 10:02:42 AM » |
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If you don't want your brake pads taking a break, and to use OEM pads is too expensive for two, I don't know where to direct you.  |
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fudgie
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2011, 11:56:07 AM » |
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I have some made by Braking. 1/2 the price of oem. Any Parts unlimited dealer should have them.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2011, 01:09:41 PM » |
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I have vesrah, can be had with a thicker pad than OEM. Ferodo offers a thicker pad also.
search my posts on pads
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2011, 01:26:14 PM » |
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+1 for OEM being pricey, but the only way to go in my book.
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fudgie
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2011, 03:12:29 PM » |
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I have some made by Braking. 1/2 the price of oem. Any Parts unlimited dealer should have them.
Would you buy them again? I believe I would. I only have them on the rears. Seem to be the same as oem but a hair thicker. Shouldnt need them again for awhile. |
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Kylenav
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2011, 03:14:52 PM » |
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OEM OEM OEM... |
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Tundra
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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2011, 04:41:02 AM » |
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"Any suggestions for aftermarket, front brake pads, 97 Tour?"
Yes, I suggest you DON'T use them.
When you calculate how many trouble free miles you will have with the OEM, without damaging or prematurely wearing out your EXPENSIVE rotors, it's a no brainer for me. Tried some others and took them off and tossed them in the trash. I couldn't deal with the annoying noises they made when applied.
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2011, 05:00:27 AM » |
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I've us vesrah before didn't have any problems with them. I got them from JC Whitney for about 16 bucks a set. I didn't have any noise or wear problems from them. Only thing is with JCW sometimes the shipping cost will bring the cost up too much to make them a deal.
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X Ring
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« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2011, 06:58:11 AM » |
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I view brakes as the one I would never scrimp on. Valkyries are the 2nd best stopping bike. You don't want to do anything that will mess that up. It's like helmets but instead of what is your head worth, it's what is your life and bike worth. Fwiw, I use stock rotors with stock pads. I have been thinking about Galfer though.
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« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2011, 09:02:01 AM » |
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Galfer, yeah!
Just lately a report I read says they have their rotors made in China.
So much for that quality argument!
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X Ring
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« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2011, 03:06:51 PM » |
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Galfer, yeah!
Just lately a report I read says they have their rotors made in China.
So much for that quality argument!
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Haven't heard that but I will check it out. Then again, it's not like the rotors are even close to needing to be replaced. Marty |
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« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2011, 03:32:13 PM » |
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I just called the Honda dealer and he quoted me $72.00 for the two sets of pads for the front end.
I don't need them right now, but I would stay with the OEM pads.
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« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2011, 05:02:10 PM » |
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Here's the thing; those of us not necessarily willing to take the risk ourselves are in debt to those who are willing to take the risk to find out what aftermarket stuff works and what doesn't. So if enough of you guys say that Vesrah P/N XXXX works fine then that's good enough for me. But right now there's only so much data and I know the OEM's are compatible. To those of you trying out other options then please keep the info coming.
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
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art
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« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2011, 06:16:32 PM » |
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Had my honda dealer instal pads .He didn't have honda pads an put on some after market pads.I had him take them off an put the old pads back on.I wore out a set of disks on a gold wing from not using honda pads.
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« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2011, 06:52:53 PM » |
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Here's the thing; those of us not necessarily willing to take the risk ourselves are in debt to those who are willing to take the risk to find out what aftermarket stuff works and what doesn't. So if enough of you guys say that Vesrah P/N XXXX works fine then that's good enough for me. But right now there's only so much data and I know the OEM's are compatible. To those of you trying out other options then please keep the info coming.
suggest u research Vesrah, they are the supplier for most of the OEM pads for the various manufacturers. |
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The Anvil
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« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2011, 09:12:14 PM » |
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Here's the thing; those of us not necessarily willing to take the risk ourselves are in debt to those who are willing to take the risk to find out what aftermarket stuff works and what doesn't. So if enough of you guys say that Vesrah P/N XXXX works fine then that's good enough for me. But right now there's only so much data and I know the OEM's are compatible. To those of you trying out other options then please keep the info coming.
suggest u research Vesrah, they are the supplier for most of the OEM pads for the various manufacturers. Actually I think I made that point in another thread. Most OEM's (perhaps ALL) have their pads made by a third party. If the Vesrah's work so well with OEM rotors where so many others do not then that would make perfect sense. The only thing that concerns me though is that with aftermarket suppliers you often have a wide choice of compounds. With OEM you get the one offering and it's known to be the correct one. |
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
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« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2011, 01:08:13 PM » |
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As many have stated some aftermarket will tear into your rotor. I believe right now they are about $150 apiece so you'd be out $300 and then have to buy the expensive OEM anyways. I'm not rich, hell not even well off, but some things you just don't skimp out on. I believe this is one of those instances... Your bike is at a minimum 8 years old now, and I'm assuming you haven't used the aftermarket yet since you started this post, which tells me you've been riding trouble free with NO break issues. Trust me/us, buy the OEM, slap them on and you won't have to worry about anything for thousands of miles... |
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« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2011, 02:27:08 PM » |
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I've us vesrah before didn't have any problems with them. I got them from JC Whitney for about 16 bucks a set. I didn't have any noise or wear problems from them. Only thing is with JCW sometimes the shipping cost will bring the cost up too much to make them a deal.
I got mine on the bay $17. the quietest pads on in a while ,+they work great and won t eat-up the rotors but wait, now the price will go up!  |
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« Reply #21 on: October 17, 2011, 07:14:16 PM » |
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oem is the only way to go!! I had ebc's for like a week and couldn't stand hearing the clicking sound of every hole in my discs.. try buying them on honda direct line parts.
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R J
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« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2011, 10:11:27 PM » |
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Word of advice. OEM rotors, use PEM pads. Ya get off brand rotors, use the off brand pads. I've got the rotors that came from across the pond on the front of MGM along with their pads. I warped my rotors and at the time HDL did not have OEM rotors in stock, so I went to another vendor for these rotors. Sorry I forgot the brand of them, but they are good stoppers.. Here is a picture of the rotors:  |
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Cruzen
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« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2011, 11:20:24 PM » |
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I have used the organic EBC pads on all my bikes for the past 15 years or so. Why because in my opinion they stop the bike faster and have good wear characteristics.
As I have noted in previous messages, besides my Valk ( the Dragon) I ride a Magna (baby Dragon) which has a single disk in front and drum brakes in the rear and I needed additional braking power. Years ago I tested the organic EBC brake pads and the OEM pads as well as the EBC HH pads. All were new sets of pads allowed to break in for 200 miles before testing. The organic EBC pads were far superior to either the OEM or the EBC HH pads in pure stopping power. The negative is that they wear a bit faster than OEM or the HH pads. The HH pads are very hard on rotors but have great wear characteristics. All testing was done when I owned 2 Magna’s. By the way, I put over 80 K on one Magna before I sold it and always used these EBC pads and it still had the original front rotor which was still in great shape.
I bought my Valk Interstate with 22K miles and when it got to 38K I replaced what appeared to be a well worn set of OEM pads with a set of the EBC organic pads part number FA142 @$34.95 per rotor. I now have 54K on the Valk and the pads are about 35-40% worn with very little wear on the rotors. I should be able to get about 30K out of a set of these pads on the Valk.
Interesting point is that the part number for the Magna front pads is the same as the Valk rear pads.
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