Front Brakes Upgrade....what are you using?
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Road Master
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From: HEAVEN
Front Brakes Upgrade....what are you using?
I'll be honest, I think the factory brakes on my '16 RG suck. I don't have ABS and didn't want it. So, for those of you who have upgraded or thinking about upgrading, whiich "brand" did you choose; calipers, rotors and pads. Did you notice a really good improvement or was it just looks/hype after the fact? Thanks in advice.
PM
Brembo
Others???
2WF
PM
Brembo
Others???
2WF
Last edited by 2WHEELFREAK; Jun 5, 2017 at 12:49 PM.
Road Warrior
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From: ORYGON
fyi.....if you went with the ABS..... you would not be complaining now....with the sequencing between front and rear...they are pretty awesome...only real upgrade for yours would be bigger calipers i would think
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From: Newcastle, Ca.
I would try EBC HH sintered pads before doing anything else. Ran them on the softie with a single rotor and it made an obvious difference compared to oem pads.
Be sure to bed in correctly per ebc.
https://ebcbrakes.com/articles/motorcycle-bed-in/
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Be sure to bed in correctly per ebc.
https://ebcbrakes.com/articles/motorcycle-bed-in/
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From: The Wasteland
^^^ This. I ran them on my last 3 bikes and they are as good or better than stock HD but they cost a lot less. I think I got all three sets for my bike from Amazon for about the same price as 1 set from HD.
I do get a noise from mine but after a couple hundred miles I don't even hear it anymore, kind of a whirring or locust sounding noise.
I do get a noise from mine but after a couple hundred miles I don't even hear it anymore, kind of a whirring or locust sounding noise.
Road Master
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From: washington dc
Your Brembo calipers are fine; problem is the low-rent rotors and pads. IMHO. I converted to EBC floating rotors and pads the moment my front OEM rotors warped. I did both ends. I highly recommend this upgrade.
Tourer
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From: Hayward Ca
Here is another possible option. I went through (warped) two sets of stock front rotors before I installed Matrix composite rotors and pads. They manufacture the composite rotors for Lyndal but also sell directly from their website. Kind of spendy but I have well over 70,000 miles on them with no problems what so ever and the rotors have a lifetime guarantee . I'm on my third second set of pads
http://www.matrixbrakes.com/matrix-m...tors-s/111.htm
http://www.matrixbrakes.com/matrix-m...tors-s/111.htm
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Tourer
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From: farmington ny
I installed ebc floating rotors and lyndall z-plus pad on the the brembo calipers.After i took apart and cleaned the calipers and replaced the old fluid. I am very happy so for with the performence.
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Road Master
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From: HEAVEN
Yes, my bike has the factory Bridget's (LOL), not real Brembo's like my Ducati. Just wondered if there were a bigger/more piston set available on the market. I know there are some out there, just haven't looked yet.
But I'll check into the suggestions/advice given here for new rotors/pad change first. Thanks gents!
But I'll check into the suggestions/advice given here for new rotors/pad change first. Thanks gents!
