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« on: March 02, 2016, 04:53:05 PM » |
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Other than pad thickness are front and rear brake pads the same and interchangeable? I changed my front rotors with Goldwings and they are thinner and the pistons are way out to make contact. I think rear pads have room to fit better.
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NewValker
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2016, 05:00:19 PM » |
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Hey hey, there's another Valk in Oxford?
Can't help you with that answer, but let's get together sometime.
Craig
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Hook#3287
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2016, 05:04:02 PM » |
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Hey hey, there's another Valk in Oxford?
Can't help you with that answer, but let's get together sometime.
Craig
Ha, I was gonna ask you about that. As far as the rear and fronts being interchangeable, I don't know, someone might. I've never bothered to compare them, but I think I've got a set of each in inventory and will check them out and let you know. |
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Hook#3287
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2016, 05:17:02 PM » |
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As far as I can tell from a visual, they seem to be the same design.
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2016, 05:56:47 PM » |
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One set has spacers, as I recall. Otherwise same pads...as I recall  |
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98valk
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2016, 06:07:40 PM » |
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see my post. for the valkyrie, front and rear pads are same friction level, pad material. The thicker pads I mentioned fit with zero problems. actually there was enough room to fit rear pads. http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,13708.0.html |
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2016, 03:34:44 AM » |
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98 valk, is it your conclusion that the rear OEM pads will work in the front calipers with the OEM rotors? If that's the case, why use the front speced pads? Without doing a spreadsheet or graph with all the options of brake pads, I feel OEM pads are best and Honda already did the groundwork. I'll spend the extra $$ for the piece of mind. But, maybe I should be using rear pads in all three calipers? |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2016, 03:54:47 AM » |
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maybe I should be using rear pads in all three calipers?Maybe  ... I use OEM front brake pads in my front calipers and OEM rear brake pads in my rear caliper. It takes a couple of years to wear them out at 10K or so a year. I can't relate to any motivation to use anything else... -Mike "OEM pads: the quality remains long after the price has been forgotten"
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2016, 08:09:34 AM » |
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I thought the mount plates were quite different. I might be thinking about the Goldwing....
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2016, 08:33:31 AM » |
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I thought the mount plates were quite different. I might be thinking about the Goldwing....
they are the same just thicker. I think they would be hard to get on over the disc in front though. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2016, 10:30:47 PM » |
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One thought might be that Honda makes the fronts thinner to allow quicker heatsink/thermal transfer to the pad's baseplate...?
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98valk
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2016, 02:48:28 AM » |
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All, see the vesrah chart for all Hondas. http://catalog.vesrah.co.jp/index_street_f.htmlthe Valkyrie rear pads in 10.5 mm are actually used on other Hondas as the standard front pad such as CB750. And there are many bikes that use 10.5mm front pads. I have the 9.5mm thk installed, no problems. there was plenty of room to install the 10.5mm, which I will do next time. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2016, 06:05:49 AM » |
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One thought might be that Honda makes the fronts thinner to allow quicker heatsink/thermal transfer to the pad's baseplate...
Plus you have two rotors doing the work. I think buying the right pads for the location they belong should be a simple solution. Theres sure no cost savings per pair. You still need 1 pair per rotor. |
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2016, 07:42:49 AM » |
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The rear pads are thicker to allow for more wear plus to keep the heat from getting to the pistons. That's also the reason
for the stainless pad.
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« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2016, 08:34:48 AM » |
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maybe I should be using rear pads in all three calipers?Maybe ... I use OEM front brake pads in my front calipers and OEM rear brake pads in my rear caliper. It takes a couple of years to wear them out at 10K or so a year. I can't relate to any motivation to use anything else... -Mike "OEM pads: the quality remains long after the price has been forgotten" I agree with ya Mike. It was kinda a rhetorical question  Pretty sure I'm gonna do what I've been doing for the last 17 years, OEM front pads in the front, OEM rear pads in the rear. Seems to work. I changed my front rotors with Goldwings and they are thinner and the pistons are way out to make contact. I think rear pads have room to fit better. Which Goldwing rotors did you use? |
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« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2016, 08:36:24 PM » |
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I've done it in a pinch as the pads were shot and an I had some old pads that still had good material left. I just ran them unti lthe new ones arrived from HDL. they will swap. I often wonder why the rear are so much cheaper than the front. my rear for the I/S are about 23 bucks and the front are about 36 bucks times 2 for the front.
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« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2016, 08:54:07 AM » |
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I have both front and rear oem pads in front of me. They are identical in shape but the rear ones are 10.5mm (13mm with the vib plate) and fronts are 8mm. FYI; the rear Valk disc and a 1989 GW rear disc are identical in all respects.
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