Brakes

[Omiotek]

Its been awhile since I've been on. I have a xb9r. I need to do front and rear brakes and am curious what everyone is using these days.

I only street ride with some spirited back country twisties

[GregoXB]

Using EBC. They stop very well, but they wear down pretty quick and leave quite a bit of dust on the wheel.

[Chicknstripn]

Using EBC. They stop very well, but they wear down pretty quick and leave quite a bit of dust on the wheel.

I second this^^^^^
I also find that the EBC tend to be a little noisy compared to other brands.

[Noel]

My experience has been if you're looking for max braking for track days or such, its pointless to focus on only the pad since the rotors play such a huge part. On my Triumph 675 I've had really good life from DP brand pads without any real notice in grip. I had a set of Carbone Lorraine pads on there which didn't even make it a year of street riding, no track days. On my wife's 600rr I had EBC pads and they were fine, but when I replaced them with new EBC pads and Galfer rotors the difference was amazing.

[wickedchop]

My experience has been if you're looking for max braking for track days or such, its pointless to focus on only the pad since the rotors play such a huge part. On my Triumph 675 I've had really good life from DP brand pads without any real notice in grip. I had a set of Carbone Lorraine pads on there which didn't even make it a year of street riding, no track days. On my wife's 600rr I had EBC pads and they were fine, but when I replaced them with new EBC pads and Galfer rotors the difference was amazing.

I actually ONLY use OEM rotors with Vesrah pads and find the difference to be absolutely incredible. Stopping power and nearly zero fade! I've run that configuration on many,many different machines. All with the exact same results.

[GregoXB]

I second this^^^^^
I also find that the EBC tend to be a little noisy compared to other brands.

They sure do stop no doubt. Mine are silent. I use brake cleaner on the housing and apply brake lube to the back of the pads when installing.

[Omiotek]

To my knowledge galfer doesnt make a rear rotor anymore. I know braking makes a front and rear for the xb12s which I though was the same but it seems every time I use a bike part finder none of the parts match up with my 07xb9r

[outthere]

I'm currently using Vesrah but they may be a bit much for street. Without good pads, no rotor will make a difference.

[Omiotek]

I'm doing both pads and rotors

[outthere]

You have a few choices. Vesrah, Ferodo, EBC https://www.ebay.com/itm/EBC-Precisi...item2f20bf87b8