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Jan 27, 2019 | 01:50 AM

#21

nytryder

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From: Central Fl

Harley pads are very dusty. EBCs claim to give off much less dust. I found this to be the case. I will say I believe in my case the HD pads while dirtier actually worked better as to stopping. Hope this helps.

Jan 27, 2019 | 02:10 PM

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skinman13

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From: Texas

I had over 64K miles on my daily ride 2001 FXD when I sold it last fall. I rode that bike hard all the time, rain or shine, and went through several brake pad changes in the time I had it. The only pads I really did not like were the EBC Double H sintered. The OEM organics and EBC semi-sintered V pads felt no different for braking and stopping but the OEM organics were much more dusty and wore faster. The EBC HH sintered did not work well at all for the single disk front or rear for me because it seemed that it took more braking force to slow down and stop, which was mostly OK for the front but I thought it made the rear more grabby, NFG with that light bike on a wet road. I soon decided that the HH pads were not right for my riding style and replaced them with Lyndell Z+ racing pads after only a few hundred miles. The Lyndell racing pads were best the front pads of all of them going away. I experienced a noticeable improvement on the front, but not that much of an improvement over the cheaper EBC V pads on the rear.

I put on new OEM front disks and overhauled the stock calipers and went with EBC semi-sintered V pads on the front and rear on my 03 Ultra Annie project and I am pleased with the result so far after 1250 miles. I know that the Lyndell Z+ racing pads would have been better, but my project budget was taking some serious hits with other unexpected issues so I compromised with the EBC V pads. If my experience with these on my Dyna are any indication, I think they will be more than adequate for the job until the next change.

Jan 27, 2019 | 02:13 PM

#23

hvacgaspiping

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Originally Posted by miketv84

Brand new pads and rotors on an 07 Touring. Went down the street and had this happen to one side. I don't know what to make of it. Seen it on older rotors and pads but never instant. The rotor still looks ok.

`Looks like some speck of something got under the pad at the outer portion, There is some pretty heavy scoring there, and that rotor doesn`t look good to me.

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Originally Posted by RANGER73

Looking at the picture of the pad, there was a chunk of something EMBEDDED the pad on the right. You can see the gouge in the pad.

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Originally Posted by miketv84

That's what I was thinking . JP said they'll exchange the pads , I just don't want to see it happen again.

You better get a new rotor too. a new pad won`t last very long if you leave that old rotor in place.

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Originally Posted by miketv84

Yeah I was thinking that too. Looks like something emerged from that gouge. I've had a few people say the pad looks fine and I just needed to let it settle in. Anyways, we'll see what happens. Waiting for the exchange for now.

That rotor would go through several sets of pads and continue to do so. Change that rotor.

Last edited by mud; Jan 27, 2019 at 04:43 PM.