Hitchcocks Forum

Hi, Has anyone here tried replacing the front disc pads with the Ferodo item our hosts offer for the Himalayan? Was there any improvement in braking? I notice that the front calliper pad size is common to the Tenere and certain KTMs ...

At risk of upsetting our hosts, the only brake pads I've ever fitted to a bike which made me think "Wow!, These are amazing!" have been sintered road Brembos... Which you can find a fitment for if you trawl through enough cross-reference charts. I think even the pads for the pricols fitted to later bullets cross-reference to some models of KLR650, (2012 springs to mind but don't quote me on that).



I've had good and bad ones of other brands (noteably EBC red-stuff ones seemd to fade horribly after only minor use) but the brembos stood out.

Thanks for the reply. The OEM pads seem fine now they are bedded in but I think I will replace them with EBC HH pads at some point once I find the time, so I won't have any issues when carrying a pillion or fully loaded panniers etc. Need to find the EBC HH part number too by cross referencing.

I installed the EBC HH pads.

They are better, but only 5 to 10%

They really need bigger calipers with pads to match. The stock ones only cover about 70% of the usable disk surface.

If breaking power really is an issue then perhaps you need to contact Pretech and have them custom fit one of their 6 piston calipers.

Hi best results I had with re disc brakes was replaceing the indian rubber hose
with a hel braided hose , rubber one you could feel expand as you pulled firmly on the brake.have locked up front wheel at 60kph in a emergency stop. Now if only I could fit a disc on the rear of my iron barrel.

If you do the 'centralising mod' on your rear drum, you might find that you can lock the back wheel quite easily.


Frank

Noodles wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:39 pm

I installed the EBC HH pads.

They are better, but only 5 to 10%

They really need bigger calipers with pads to match. The stock ones only cover about 70% of the usable disk surface.

Hi.
Only had they Himalayan for 5 days and had to chnge the front pads a "wooden" would be the best way to desribe the brick wall pull point of the lever with very little retardation of speed....
Long time SBS fan - road,track,dirt. so went to my local dealer and he had a set of SBS street "ceramic"... never tried those so bought - fitted - off down the road to initialy not a wiff of a brake,but a nice lever... Hmmm.
long story short and a bit more running in.... loving these pads... totally progressive - no initial bite (which is why I love SBS in the first place - (EBC loads of bite and then fade... not good)
The lever now has movement realting to stopping power... in short a total transformation to some very useful braking power on and off road...
Have the "fredo" pads the last owner put in (as he hated the standard "pull and hope" pads) if anybody want them to try (live Ipswich - but will post UK)
Paul
Get out there and dirty guys
Paul

Do you have the SBS code agree great pads?

When I picked up my Himalayan from the dealer the brakes were atrocious no feel and not a lot of brake, but then again it was a new bike.

As I put some miles on it the brakes improved - no real suprise there.

Now that I have 500 miles up I find the brakes are fine, although as someone said the front pads do not cover the entire disc area, the hoses are braided on mine as standard so I can only assume that the factory fitted these as improvements.

Only cirticism I have is that the front brake feels a little spongy, but has plenty of bite, this was the same as the one on the bike that I test rode before buying mine so I guess that is how they are.