Front Brake Pads

Hello,

Doing some research I found this list of pads available for the front Brembos of our beloved 990's. On my prior bikes I always upgraded to EBC HH but I was told to try DP HH compound and I'd be very happy with their performance.

Any personal experience with these pads ?

Brand Compound Part#

Vesrah SRJL 17 VD-986

DP Sport HH SDP638

DP X-Race Titanum RDP638

Ferodo CP2.11 FDB2215

Ferodo XRAC FDB2215

Ferodo ST FDB2120

SBS 762 762 HS

Braking CM55 870CM55

Braking P1R P10870

Braking CM66 870CM66

EBC Sintered HH FA322

EBC ExtremePro EPFA322

Galfer 1300 FD262G1300

Galfer 1375 FD262G1375

Galfer 1003 FD262G1003

Brembo OEM 07BB0510

Goldfren 177

I had the EBC EPFA pads on my 690. Awesome pad with really great bite, but they do need a little heat to work. As in, if it's 32F outside, you have crf50 brakes the first pull, after that, they're fine. On track, they're brilliant, best pad I've ever tried. I'll probably go that way again when I get bored this winter staring at the snow outside.

FYI: This list is by no means complete.

And, a word of caution: Many of these are "Race Only" compounds. In other words, choose according to your application. And some others, are optimized for non-OE rotor materials.

CL (Carbone Lorraine) XBK5 are popular here, for street and up to intermediate-level track days. On shorter circuits (where you never see more than ~120 mph) - these are all you'd ever need. If you really feel you need more, also from CL there is the well-performing sintered metallic race-only compound C59 (number changes almost annually, BTW).

Also keep in mind, that when comparing bikes in terms of pad applications - one should only compare "apples to apples". A 690 is not only lighter weight, single front disk - but even a hotted-up one, you'll be lucky if you can get 115 mph top speed out of it. Its the rate of change in speed and mass of the bike + rider that make all the difference in braking (pad/rotor) requirements.

Any pad that needs to be heated up before functioning optimally, should not be used on the street.

Beleive me and give the SS vesrah pads a go!

SBS Dual Carbon on track. Fooking amazing!!!