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Best deal for fornt pads (radial)

V-twindude

V-twindude

Joined Jul 2008
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Hi,

Does anyone know the best/cheapest place to pick up a new set of front pads, i'm finding £70 + for pair of EBC 'HH' sintered, seems a lot for 8 little squares!

EBC's or decent top brand equivalents?

Cheers
 
V-twindude said:
Hi,

Does anyone know the best/cheapest place to pick up a new set of front pads, i'm finding £70 + for pair of EBC 'HH' sintered, seems a lot for 8 little squares!

EBC's or decent top brand equivalents?

Cheers
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All depends on how much you like stopping really! :eek:

I thought that £70 for a set of EBC pads was a fair price.:dunno

You can always get those cardboard cut out brake pads off Ebay. :roll
 
amb67 said:
All depends on how much you like stopping really! :eek:

I thought that £70 for a set of EBC pads was a fair price.:dunno

You can always get those cardboard cut out brake pads off Ebay. :roll
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I like stopping almost as much as accelerating, but come on it's a lot of money for tiny slices of asbestos lumps with metal shavings don't you think? They're not made of Frankincense & gold you know :coocoo Especialy when they're about £30 less for the likes of Fireblades etc... I don't see why the fact they're made for radial calipers should make them any more expensive:puke

I won't be buying those naff 'Gold Frens' off ebay if they're the carboard ones you're referring to.

I've subsequently found new EBC's for a tenner less :thumbup afterall that's nearly 90miles worth of go juice! :nana

PS. How's the hooked airbox?
 
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V-twindude said:
I like stopping almost as much as accelerating, but come on it's a lot of money for tiny slices of asbestos lumps with metal shavings don't you think? They're not made of Frankincense & gold you know :coocoo Especialy when they're about £30 less for the likes of Fireblades etc... I don't see why the fact they're made for radial calipers should make them any more expensive:puke

I won't be buying those naff 'Gold Frens' off ebay if they're the carboard ones you're referring to.

I've subsequently found new EBC's for a tenner less :thumbup afterall that's nearly 90miles worth of go juice! :nana

PS. How's the hooked airbox?
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I agree that we are getting ripped off just cause we own what people see as an exotic motorcycle. :eatcorn

Please post the link to the cheap EBC's as I'm currently on the prowl for some new front pads. :thumbup
 
amb67 said:
Please post the link to the cheap EBC's as I'm currently on the prowl for some new front pads. :thumbup
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I ordered them along with new pads for my brothers bike, so split the £6.95 postage with him so my pads only cost me about £62 delivered :biggrin http://www.gear4bikes.com/acatalog/Aprilia_Front_Pads.html Dont let the year labelling put you off FA322/4HH are the ones. The likes of M&P are charging £77:puke
 
Check out Amstrong brake pads on ebay. Used them on track and everyday ride without problems.
 
amb67 said:
All depends on how much you like stopping really! :eek:

I thought that £70 for a set of EBC pads was a fair price.:dunno

You can always get those cardboard cut out brake pads off Ebay. :roll
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Have you actually used them then cos I have and there's **** all wrong with them,cheap don't always mean no good.
 
exup said:
Have you actually used them then cos I have and there's **** all wrong with them,cheap don't always mean no good.
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Well i had a cheap stripper once,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,













She was really :jack
 
My two pennies worth

There are an even number of people using Armstrong pads that dont like them to like them (You can argue that about most things), however I found no performance orientated reviews for them.

Personally I would stick with EBC, Carbone Lorraine, SBS, Ferodo, Bendix......my only reasoning is that I push pretty hard at times and do the ood track day, I am a chunky monkey and need to know that the brakes will do what they are supposed to. I therefore would not use something that is an unknown quantity when it comes to relying on it for my life.

I use SBS pads , they stopping power is progressive with loads of feedback but they are on the soft side and wear quicker than the EBC's or Carbone Lorraine's.
 
Kiwi_rsvr said:
My two pennies worth

There are an even number of people using Armstrong pads that dont like them to like them (You can argue that about most things), however I found no performance orientated reviews for them.

Personally I would stick with EBC, Carbone Lorraine, SBS, Ferodo, Bendix......my only reasoning is that I push pretty hard at times and do the ood track day, I am a chunky monkey and need to know that the brakes will do what they are supposed to. I therefore would not use something that is an unknown quantity when it comes to relying on it for my life.

I use SBS pads , they stopping power is progressive with loads of feedback but they are on the soft side and wear quicker than the EBC's or Carbone Lorraine's.
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Everything in life is an uknown quantity until you try it for yourself,unless you believe everything you read. I must ride like a fairy then cos I think they are ok. I believe sergi does track days and he likes the armstrongs. Too many opinions on here based on zero experience methinks.
 
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