suggestions for brake pads for zzr250

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:13 pm

I'm due for some stoppers front and back for the zzr, I'm thinking of getting some EBC pads.

Does anyone have any other recomendations?

stevew_zzr · Post by **stevew_zzr** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:54 pm

You going to race/track day the bike at all?

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:06 am

no racing, just commuting and the occational weekend in the twisties.

I'm getting a Hel brake line for the front with the group buy too.

stevew_zzr · Post by **stevew_zzr** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:27 pm

Go with just about anything I guess

I can't say i've used them on my bike, but EBC is a good brand none the less and if you can afford it, go for it.

Having said that - with a ZZR250 you won't need to use the brakes much anyway

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:09 pm

I got the EBC sintered pads, now I just have to get the Hel line.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:47 pm

Are your brake discs designed to work with sintered?

If not, then thats a mighty quick way of ensuring you need new brake discs

chameleon · Post by **chameleon** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:43 pm

mike-s wrote:Are your brake discs designed to work with sintered?

How can you tell??

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:25 pm

Hmm, good question. I asked in MCAS and they said that they are a softer compound than the standard pads and will get less milage but stop better. They are EBC FA129HH.
I had a good look through the EBC catalogue before hand and can't find anything mentioning that a different rotor is needed (if there was it would be a selling oppurtunity), but they do have 2 grades of sintered pads, there is a road version and a racing version which is not made for the particular pad size.

chameleon · Post by **chameleon** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:45 pm

I put sintered on a week ago and they are great... BUT. I found they dragged and squealed after a long ride out bush? Not when your on them, or around the city when your braking every 40 seconds, but after a long period of no use? Anyway, I... sanded the disks with 600 wet-n-dry, roughed the pads up a little on 60 grit... No good, still squealed... So today I took the pads off again and put that stop squeal paste on between the pads and calipar pistons. Will see if that solves the prob.

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:57 pm

Does your pads have that perforated plate on the back of them? mine don't, but that could be the cause of the squeal.

Let me know how they go becasue I can always exchnage them as I don't plan on doing them until my Hel line comes

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:34 pm

I finally got around to putting the brake pads in today (motivation was that the rear pads were starting to make metat-metal contact).
After a few bed-in runs up and down the street the braking performance was much better.

Now I just have to wait for AusStreetfighter to find out where the F**k my braided line has got to.