Best Front Pads for R1150GS Adventure m.y. 2005

Gab said:
Not sure whether you've been obliged to reply... what's the matter about getting so upset?
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Just aghast this is still rumbling on....a disproportionate amount of fussing over what I would consider a relatively trivial matter...(Like others) I do about 12k a year on my 1150 and pay no particular attention to make or type of brake pads, it's what ever I can get hold of at the time....on the GS they are all much of a muchness I find.

If we were talking racebikes where brake pad compounds are important I could understand it, but with something as agricultural as the 1150...I just don't see what all the fuss is about.
 
Gab said:
Many thanks for posting this image. I now know where I could find the Brembo blue pads :thumb

The real question is: should I get blue pads or red pads?

As mentioned in one of my previous post I don't mind spending 20/30 quid extra on braking pads as it's very important to get them right. I'd just like to know which one I should get.

If we consider Brembo, can someone (Steptoe maybe) advice on which I should get between red and blue? Thanks!
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Blue for the front, red for the rear. At least that's what I am using right now.

But maybe I'll try something different in the front next time.

Don't worry. Just try some!
 
Colin said:
I fitted brembo (red) sintered pads 3 k miles ago, and they have absolutely eaten my rear disc. now needs replacement 14000 on the clock.
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Oh no that's thrown a spanner into the works..... :D
 
Colin said:
I fitted brembo (red) sintered pads 3 k miles ago, and they have absolutely eaten my rear disc. now needs replacement 14000 on the clock.
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That's fucked it

Everyone knows red are the fastest

I'm really glad I went for cooler blue
 
blueranger said:
I recommend a nice Italian thoroughbread....Of a mid to late 90's vintage....That'll take his mind off brake pads.

I also like to use Wiltshire chalk brake pads. Very effective at locking the front wheel solid when combined with water.

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I'm not going to talk about food with English people. It'd result in a big waste of time! :D

Going back to the pads, many thanks to all the people who replied to the post giving actual advice.

I just don't get why people cannot simply avoid reading the thread if they are not interested.

Bottom line is that I got a pair of red (sintered) Brembo pads. When the time to change the rear pads comes I'll see what to do without consulting the forum.

Many many thanks to everyone for the suggestions and the banter :thumb
 
Gab said:
I just don't get why people cannot simply avoid reading the thread if they are not interested.
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VS....
Gab said:
Many many thanks to everyone for the suggestions and the banter :thumb
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The 1150 contingent on here are a fairly practical bunch and we do tend to poke fun a folks who seem make mountains out of mole hills....no harm mean't it's just banter.
 
I would fit non sintered rear pads, definitely not HH, but that is only my subjective opinion !

Take your time to bed them in, to get the best out of them.

Best wishes.

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Colin said:
I fitted brembo (red) sintered pads 3 k miles ago, and they have absolutely eaten my rear disc. now needs replacement 14000 on the clock.
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I've had quite a laugh rating this thread. Go away do a couple of days and it's still giving

Colin. Are you sure the pads were responsible for your disc being eaten? It's just that even with servo brakes, mine are doing handsomely after at least 6-7k. Disc is unchanged.

I wondered if the caliper need some tlc?
 
Right Gab, now you have the pads sorted, I think you should ask about oil......................:hide
 
The Gotta love UGKSER, best laughs, more entertaining than Sky or BBC :)

No idea what pads mine has, but they came from Steptoe, so must be good :rob
 
Hi All,

Sorry to re-open this thread but I came across an interesting video on brake pads and wanted to ask your opinion on what the guy said.

The video compares different types of brake pads. When it comes to big adventure bikes it doesn’t recommend at all the use of sintered pads, it recommends the use or organic pads. But most of all it does recommend the use of semi-sintered pads.

What do you guys think about that?
 
Gab said:
Hi All,

Sorry to re-open this thread but I came across an interesting video on brake pads and wanted to ask your opinion on what the guy said.

The video compares different types of brake pads. When it comes to big adventure bikes it doesn’t recommend at all the use of sintered pads, it recommends the use or organic pads. But most of all it does recommend the use of semi-sintered pads.

What do you guys think about that?
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Sintered for the front and organic the rear (softer compound).


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In 2007 RiDe did a test on pads, best were Brembo sintered.

Stopping in a controlled, and shorter, manner means the difference between going home shaken or going to hospital.

I'd go to Steptoe and buy from him, he has far more experience than I and most on here.

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