• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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Sineterd vrs Carbon Brake Pads

Not sure what application you are looking at to use them, nor do i know what brand.
All i can give you then is my application and experience.
I use them on my GSXR race bike (SBS dual carbon racing) and i would NOT use them as street pads as they require heat to grab.
My first lap is to warm up the pads or Im heading off into the weeds. So, too dangerous to use as street pads - dirt? i have no comment on that application.
 
Sintered for offroad generally.

I liked the stock pads on my 09TE450- wet, dry, mud, rocks, etc. Strong start to finish- predictable and reliable. I got pads from MOTOSPORTZ and they feel just like the stock set up- Both are Sintered. I have heard of offroad guys that sometimes use carbon for the rear if they want the rear to be less likely to lock up (more progressive) almost spongy feeling (when cold).

I think PlanePower- describes perfect conditions for his carbon pads- Track; where the pads can stay in their working temps more controlled. But there are many variations- I am sure there are some carbon pads that work offroad better than the description of the type of pad.
 
I thought that the stock front pads were too grabby in steep technical stuff for my tastes. I use an inexpensive semi metallic pad built by Braking Systems. It works really well and is more progressive than the full sintered metal pad. The only drawback is that this type of pad wears really quickly, especially if it is exposed to harsh mineral laden mud and water.
 
Dirtdame said:
I thought that the stock front pads were too grabby in steep technical stuff for my tastes. I use an inexpensive semi metallic pad built by Braking Systems. It works really well and is more progressive than the full sintered metal pad. The only drawback is that this type of pad wears really quickly, especially if it is exposed to harsh mineral laden mud and water.
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I like that! I only use one finger and am light on the brakes- but can do a stoppie any time I want too
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Although, when this bike Brand NEW I thought my rear was too touchy- because it locked up very very easily- but with some wear and getting used to it it became more progressive. But I was used to my other bike's rear and that thing took some stomping to lock up (had EBC red and a solid rotor 2002 Ktm brembos).
 
HUSKYnXJnWI said:
I like that! I only use one finger and am light on the brakes- but can do a stoppie any time I want too:D

Although, when this bike Brand NEW I thought my rear was too touchy- because it locked up very very easily- but with some wear and getting used to it it became more progressive. But I was used to my other bike's rear and that thing took some stomping to lock up (had EBC red and a solid rotor 2002 Ktm brembos).
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I'm getting used to the touchy brakes on my new 09 wr250. After getting off the Gas Gas I would just about go over the bars or slide the rear tire every time I grabbed the brakes. It's good to know that the brakes may smooth out a little when they are worn in.
 
I prefer either DP or Moose Brake pads. The compound is the same for both but the Moose pads have double ceramics on the back to insulate from heat transfer to the caliper. Last a long time and are not grabby. Very predictable performance.
 
I have to use carbon brakes because I slide my rear tire a lot & keep my foot on the pedal probably too much. Too old to change my style, so i buy brakes & change the fluid often
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