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A quickie on ceramic brake pads for GS1100G

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Colin Green

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Good or Bad?

A prospective auction purchase opportunity beckons

Cheers:)
 
Ceramic brake pads? What's wrong with stockers or EBC organic? Tried and true.:)
 
Go with ceramic. They dissipate heat better, last longer and create far less brake dust than organic and semi-metalic pads.
 
Looks like you're the appointed brake pad tester, then.

Let us know how it works out.

If we don't hear back in a month or so, we'll send condolences... :D
 
OK, I just did a little search and found this on tirerack.com:

Why Ceramic Brake Pads?

We want our vehicle's brake system to offer smooth, quiet braking capabilities under a wide range of temperature and road conditions. We don't want brake-generated noise and dust annoying us during our daily driving.
To accommodate this, brake friction materials have evolved significantly over the years. They've gone from asbestos to organic to semi-metallic formulations. Each of these materials has proven to have advantages and disadvantages regarding environmental friendliness, wear, noise and stopping capability.
Asbestos pads caused health issues and organic compounds can't always meet a wide range of braking requirements. Unfortunately the steel strands used in semi-metallic pads to provide strength and conduct heat away from rotors also generate noise and are abrasive enough to increase rotor wear.
Since they were first used on a few original equipment applications in 1985, friction materials that contain ceramic formulations have become recognized for their desirable blend of traits. These pads use ceramic compounds and copper fibers in place of the semi-metallic pad's steel fibers. This allows the ceramic pads to handle high brake temperatures with less heat fade, provide faster recovery after the stop, and generate less dust and wear on both the pads and rotors. And from a comfort standpoint, ceramic compounds provide much quieter braking because the ceramic compound helps dampen noise by generating a frequency beyond the human hearing range.
Another characteristic that makes ceramic materials attractive is the absence of noticeable dust. All brake pads produce dust as they wear. The ingredients in ceramic compounds produce a light colored dust that is much less noticeable and less likely to stick to the wheels. Consequently, wheels and tires maintain a cleaner appearance longer.
Ceramic pads meet or exceed all original equipment standards for durability, stopping distance and noise. According to durability tests, ceramic compounds extend brake life compared to most other semi-metallic and organic materials and outlast other premium pad materials by a significant margin - with no sacrifice in noise control, pad life or braking performance.
This is quite an improvement over organic and semi-metallic brake materials that typically sacrifice pad life to reduce noise, or vice versa.
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so ... it looks like they should do alright, so please let us know how they work. :-\\\

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I need some new brake pads for my 750E. I might try some ceramics and see how they work out.
 
Looking at the Dennis Kirk website, it appears that EBC also offers Kevlar brake pads that fit most GS models.

Anybody ever tried those?
 
I work at an auto parts store. And I say about 80% of the brake pads I sell are ceramic pads. I sell dozens of pads a day. Most of the new cars require these pads or there supplied as OEM from the factory. Most of the newer part numbers are only made in a ceramic pad. I say the other 15% I sell are semi-metallic and then the 5% organic pads. Those are geared towards the older cars.
 
I think the differences in braking performance during the GS-series production came from larger-diameter disks giving better leverage and more disks giving, well, more. :D

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Tarbash 27 said:
I work at an auto parts store. And I say about 80% of the brake pads I sell are ceramic pads. I sell dozens of pads a day. Most of the new cars require these pads or there supplied as OEM from the factory. Most of the newer part numbers are only made in a ceramic pad. I say the other 15% I sell are semi-metallic and then the 5% organic pads. Those are geared towards the older cars.
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I'd say that jives prety well with my experiance in the parts store where I work. Overall, the ceramic is just a much better brake material.

Paul
 
Sorry guys. I'm an idiot.. I got distracted and missed the close of the auction. I have asked the seller to make me an offer so all is not lost yet. Though they are rear pads so the feedback is not so likely to reveal much.

Thanks for all your input.
 
Griffin said:
Looking at the Dennis Kirk website, it appears that EBC also offers Kevlar brake pads that fit most GS models.

Anybody ever tried those?
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I used them years ago before I started modding my bike. That's probably been 15 years though. My bike always stopped well so I guess they must have worked pretty good. Sorry I can't give anymore input than that.
 
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