Help with understanding Brake Pad Compunds

[Old Jock]

Posted this up on WG one replay which was not sure


Sporti 1100, doing some housekeeping one item is brakes. Cleaned up the Goldlines on the front but think I may as well replace the pads while I'm at it

Looking at Stein Dinse they have 3 options

A normal pad material (well its not really got a description and I'm taking it as the standard pad material)
A Sintered pad
A Carbon Ceramic pad

I'd be using the bike on the road not the track and nearly always in dry conditions. I think the discs are the standard Brembo SS 320mm

Any of you out there knowledgeable on the pros and cons of the material choices?

Funnily enough the Carbon Ceramic sounds like the most exotic but is the cheapest of the 3, only by a couple of Euros they are all more or less the same price, so only performance and wear rates are the criteria.

John

[gstallons]

You might get a better answer by contacting the brand manufacturer of the pad you are looking at....... Be forewarned: the more you find out, the less sure you wil become..

[GuzziMoto]

Best place for info would be people who make brake pads.
There are differences between manufacturers, and different people have different preferences in pads. Who made the pads is as important to how it works as what it is made from.
Currently the most popular seems to be sintered pads (including HH pads). They tend to be harder on the discs but last longer. I tend to prefer organic pads for their feel. But high friction organic pads have become hard to find. My current favorites are the high end EBC Extreme Pro pads (they are a sintered pad), but they seem to work better on steel discs then iron ones like your Guzzi likely has. The ceramic pads have the advantage of less brake dirt all over your rims (at least what brake dust there is is lighter in color). They also tend to make good general use street pads.
In the end the most important thing to remember is that performance characteristics matter, but better and best pads are personal preferences and may not be shared by you. Sometimes you need to try them for yourself.