I looked at my brakes and noted that my right pads are worn much more than the left. For the purposes of passing tech in tomorrow's trackday, I'm changing both, but for reference is it necessary to always change both left and right at the same time?

I suspect that I will always have more wear on one set or the other.

FYI-I have Galfer braided lines (individual at m/c) and I'm changing out the Honda pads for EBC HH. I previously thought I had a problem with the right caliper not biting as hard, but I can see that it's not true.

 

if you want consistency yeah. someone on the street isn't going to know the difference though. racing is different.

 

Either the EBC pads are supersweet or those pads were really done (which they were). The pad material is very soft too. Feels great, virtually no warmup time.

 

Yeah, EBC are always a good bet, I have those on the back, have SBS on the front, which ain't bad either.

 

Have you guys ever tried the Galfer pads?

 

Anyone try Ferodo?

 

I would run the Ferodo over EBC. The EBC's just have too much intial bite for my liking, they bite really hard right away but give up some overall braking power once you get past that intial hit. For a "track only" Pad, I've run pretty much everything out there and the SBS dual carbon race pads are hands down the best pad I've ever used. For a street / Trackday pad, I like the Carbone lorrine SBK-3 pads and the Ferodo CP911 pads.

 

SBS and Carbone Lorrine are brands, right?

 

if your brakes ever fail on the track remember toms 3 rules:

downshift
aim for sand
hit something cheap

please just avoid "stopping" by using other racers[sm=badidea.gif]....thanks! heheh

 

Failed brakes? I could understand brake fade, but there's no excuse for failure.