I just had to replace my rear brake pads, it's a '93 Sporty. I think the rears were original because the bike only had 11,000 miles on it when I picked it up. I installed a set of EBC "kevlar" pads that I got from J&P. The pads squeal like crazy, it's driving me insane, never had pads on a bike do this. The old one had a little squeak once in a while, but these are horrible whe stopping, starting and go slow through a parking lot.

Anyone have problems with these EBC kevlar pads? What should I get instead, I need to bring these back.....

 

How many miles do you have on the new pads? There is a period of bed in where the pads get to wear into the grooves in your rotors.
Also did you by chance give the pads a quick rub with some sand paper before install?

 

i had a set of EBC pads on my car previously and had the same issue, they squealed throughout their entire lifespan. Ill never buy EBC pads for anything

 

I did clean the rotor with brake part cleaner, cleaned and lubed the caliper guide pins too. I did'nt see a need to sand the pads and the rotors arent really worn much, bike does'nt have a lot of miles on it for the year. I called J&P and they wont return them for exchange either....guess I got screwed....

 

That sucks that you are having issues. If you end up getting new pads, you might look at Lyndall Z+ pads. I put them front and rear on my 08 1200C and not only do they stop better, they are quiet and don't leave brake dust like the factory pads. Good luck.

 

I've run EBC Green Stuff brake pads on my (2) Ford Rangers for close to 20 years, by far the best pads I've ever used, and I've tried them all. They last over 40K miles and no squealing from any of them, and my rotors are doing fine.

Their customer service is excellent in my opinion, I emailed and mentioned that the phone number on the box was incorrect, and they sent me a brand new set of pads for free as a thank you gesture, now I've got another set ready to go after another 40K on my Ranger. At $80 a set, that's pretty good customer relations.

Have not used their motorcycle pads, but maybe take some emory cloth and rough up the surfaces of the rotor a bit, that might help.

John

 

It took mine about 1000 miles to quiet down

 

Mine squealed for a little bit, then stopped, I did lots of in town slow braking being careful not to get them hot while they broke in they did stop squealing, after a bit. If you have gotten them hot they may have a glaze on them and a braking the glaze with a little sand paper may help.

 

I have about 5 miles on them. I'll see how they do this weekend, if I need to, I'll pull them off and sand them a bit and try that.

 

did you follow the break in procedure , ??????? ive used them on my last 6 changes and if you dont do the breakin they squeal / screech until they settle in .