Replacement Brake Pads Question

[Fazer]

Looking to buy new pads for a 2001 Tourer.  Partzilla shows two set of pads with different part numbers for the front:  0645-MV4-405 and  0645-MZ0-760;

and two different numbers for the rear:  06435-MZ0-006 and 06435-MZ0-760. 

Which ones should I order? 

Why different numbers?

Greg

[Fazer]

Think I answered my question.  The parts are the same, but one of the part numbers is an older version.  Who knows why they needed to re-number the same part.....

[Hooter]

There is usually 3 types to choose from. Sintered, metallic and organic. It's personal choice and is differing opinions on what works the best, kinda like oil. I run sintered and have no problem stopping. My rotors look fine as well. I run the same type front and rear. I don't mix types. To each his own.

[RWhitehouse]

Personally I always go for the EBC "HH" sintered, have used them for many, many miles on a lot of different bikes, from big cruisers to sportbikes to scooters. They last a long time (I usually get 30-40k miles out of a set of fronts), offer a notable upgrade in braking power, over stock (which are generally organic) and I have not found them to be unduly "hard" on rotors, which is generally the main "con" to sintered.

With a set of freshly rebuilt calipers, rebuilt master, SS lines, and HH pads, my Valk has better brakes than a big cruiser that's old enough to drink has any right to. Compared to my buddy's with completely stock/original brakes, it's a night and day difference in performance and brake feel.

[indybobm]

Think I answered my question.  The parts are the same, but one of the part numbers is an older version.  Who knows why they needed to re-number the same part.....

Maybe from a different vendor made to Honda specs.

[hubcapsc]

Think I answered my question.  The parts are the same, but one of the part numbers is an older version.  Who knows why they needed to re-number the same part.....

Maybe from a different vendor made to Honda specs.

From looking at the fiche... Nissin is the company that made the caliper for 97 Valkyries and "unspecified" is the
company that made the rest  ... I guess they're all functionally equivalent... I'm sure my 97 Valkyrie doesn't have
a 97 rear caliper on it, at least not on purpose, I changed out the one that was on it when I got it with a used one
from eBay...

-Mike