[Guest]

Has anyone tried the Kevlar brake pads? I'll be in the market soon. I have been using the FA 129 HH pads. They stop great, much better than stock, but don't seem to last very long. Opinions wanted...

Rich

 

[Philter]

HI Rich,

Thinking of kevlar brake pads, did you buy them and what are you rthoughts? thanks phill

 

[Philter]

As an update, I bought the kevlar pads from ebay that were very inexpensive. After reading that the kevlar pads didn't stop very well, I did not try the fronts. I put the backs on and they don't stop very good. For the front, I chose the Galfer basic pads and they are similar to stock. Will replace the rears with Galfer soon.

 

[TwoTacoCombo]

the backs don't stop very good.

Fixed that for you.
Don't expect much of anything out of rear brakes on any bike. They're weak by design, hence the single piston as opposed to the 2+ on any front caliper. If they were 'good', you'd be locking up your back end constantly, and that just leads to tears.

 

[rv93]

does anybody have any impressions of actually using these on the front? i just bought a set before i saw this...im just starting to ride, so i was going to get stock pads, but i found these, and they looked ok. am i in trouble? lol