Hi

Just wondering what pads you guys are using and do you find the Ten eats rear pads? (yes i know it depends on your riding style...i do a lot of skids )

im UK based, will be ording off the net. need rear pads first, any good websites?

Tar very muchly.

Rear pads disappear more rapidly for me too, at a rate of about 2 rears to 1 front.

At the rear I replaced the OE ones (which lasted 9K miles) with EBC pads, cheap at �15, but didn't last as long as OE (about 6K miles) and were a little bit "grabby". The set I'm on now are Brembo (front and rear), which I think are the same as OE and have done 6K miles with about a third of the friction surface left on the back and more than half on the front. The Brembos were exactly twice the price of the EBCs, but a lot less than Yamaha genuine parts.

The EBC pads I got from EBC Direct and the Brembos from Bike Torque Racing

These are the ones I have tried on the Z...

Front EBC FA181TT
Rear EBC FA208TT
Front Brembo 07BB04-12
Rear Brembo 07BB02-40

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I've always had good service from Wemoto for Yamaha stuff.

Pads of choice are EBC HH front and EBC organic rear.

I had some Goldfren pads off eBay once. I took them off and binned them after three days. They were lethally bad. I understand that there are a lot of Goldfren knockoffs about, and many of these on eBay, so maybe these weren't representative, but it's not a risk I would take again.

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I still have OE on my X after 10.5k miles (100% tarmac). Back brake is squealing a lot, despite cleaning with brake cleaner. They have around 2mm material left, but this is a guestimate - there doesn't appear to be metal/metal contact. Does the squealing indicate the pads are just about shot????

Yes!

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the squealing can have a number of causes. Check the pads, If they are not glazed and if they indeed still have enough meat on them there is no reason to change them. Next time you do change them you may want to clean the caliper pistons and apply a little bit of copper grease on the back of the new pads.

This is why I always use HH on the front and organic for the rear - power for one and sensitivity for the other. That's for a sporty road bike, though - I may reconsider for the XTR.

If there's no metal-to-metal contact, then squealing is most likely dust or pad vibration. If the anti-squeal shims are in place and in good condition, then a good clean and a bit of copper grease on the back of the pad as mentioned above is the answer. A smear is enough - you don't want it creeping to the braking surface.

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XT600E (1994)
Triumph Trident 750 (1992)
My blog: http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/

Thanks for info on squealing!! It seems to be fairly intermittent - road salt perhaps? The pads are pretty thin, but I don't think metal/metal yet....

EBC 'R' Pads (they are red) if you go anywhere near dirt. Last much longer and don't fade with heavy use.

FA208 is the part number, I think, and are usually a couple of quid more than the TT pads.

The same pads are used on many other bikes.

<edit> Here's a link -> http://www.msa-direct.co.uk/ebc-brak...0z-tenere.html

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Good point - As GULG suggests, if you do a good proportion of your riding off road then the R series EBC pad is probably going to work better for you than the TT.

It is probably worth clarifying that the R is sintered pad and the TT is an organic Kevlar pad.

Sintered pads last longer and work better in the wet, but chew-up/score discs up more quickly and have a more abrupt action (less �feel�). Organic pads have a more progressive �feel� and are kinder to discs, but wear a bit quicker and aren�t quite as effective in extreme conditions.

It�s horses-for-courses (bit like tyres). Choose the compound that suits your riding activity, budget and what feels right at the bars. Personal choice really; the only way you�re going to find out what suits you in the long run is to try all the different compounds/permutations.

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