Rear Brake Pad Recommendation?

[Journeyman]

Thanks Journeyman......where did you find the application ('22 rear Rocket) for that part number? I spent a lot of time
looking all over the web without luck. Did you purchase and install that part number?

If this is the correct number, I'm paying $60 for what I could gotten on Amazon for $40. ****

Larry

I think (not sure) that I went to the EBC website and found the correct pads. Yes- I've changed pads out at least twice with those.

 

[lotus]

Thanks...... It was mentioned the EBC eat Brembo rotors. Have you found that to be true on your bike?

Larry

 

[sunny]

Thanks...... It was mentioned the EBC eat Brembo rotors. Have you found that to be true on your bike?

Larry

I never installed them, but my friend is an automotive engineer of 20years and he told me so, I only use Brembo but I will use EBC once I get aftermarket rotors/discs

 

[Mongler07]

You should always seem more wear from the rear unless you never practice any good low speed maneuvers. I replace my rear twice as often as the front. I go though 2 sets of fronts a year if I ride it often enough. Pass are cheap.

 

[Journeyman]

Thanks...... It was mentioned the EBC eat Brembo rotors. Have you found that to be true on your bike?

Larry

Not true, at least in my case. Lots of people here have been using EBC on the 2.3s over the years and I've not heard of that warning before. Are the rotors on the 2.5s made of a different metal of some sort? I'm seriously asking

 

[1olbull]

which model of EBC pads you have?

If you are a hooner and like fang it, the cintered are the best way to go, IMHO.
I run the Brembo, and have nothing against EBC.

 

[1olbull]

They are Brembo’s. 07BB37SR fronts, 07BB38SR rear.

I reckon the Brembo are SA & SR.
The EBC are a different brand.

 

[1olbull]

You should always seem more wear from the rear unless you never practice any good low speed maneuvers. I replace my rear twice as often as the front. I go though 2 sets of fronts a year if I ride it often enough. Pass are cheap.

Just the opposite for me, Amigo.
About 1.5 front sets for 1 rear set.

 

[Mongler07]

Just the opposite for me, Amigo.
About 1.5 front sets for 1 rear set.

In a perfect world we would use the rear often enough to be both front and rear each!
I've gotten very spoiled to abusing the rear more! Also mostly canyon riding so I slam the rear going into a corner so I can drag pegs...
It's all about getting as much crazy fun on a rocket as possible

 

[Gimlet]

Different styles of bikes and different styles of riding require the brakes to be used in different ways. I use the rear a lot on both the Rocket and my KTM to trim the chassis in turns through rear trail braking. On my Ducati I use the rear very little, except when braking with both ends to slow down in a straight line. Partly because Ducati rear brakes are traditionally crap and partly because my Dic is essentially a nimble and very front-end-biased sports bike chassis which behaves very differently from a big cruiser or a tall adventure bike and needs to be ridden differently.

Personally I wouldn't worry about brake pad wear patterns, as long as they're doing the job and the pads are wearing evenly on both sides of each calipre. I'm more interested in tyre wear as that can indicate suspension deficiencies if it is irregular. Though, to date, I've not noticed any uneven tyre wear on the Rocket.