Organic brake pads useless

jerry · Today, 03:11 AM

I normally use EBC HH pads on my Ducatis ,, i bought a set of rear SBC organic 047 pads in UK and fitted them to the S4 in Thailand .... Now the back brake is useless , these Organic pads have so little bite they take forever to slow the wheel , i have tested them for about 100 miles and might as well not have a back brake ...

Put the old EBC HH pads back on the rear and hey presto excellent stopping power returned ...

Mr Gazza · Today, 11:04 AM

I started using organic brake pads back in the 80's when most disc brakes were still not really great.
I was lucky enough to be able to use EBC Greenstuff pads on my Lockheed calipers as these were also used on Mini Coopers. Greenstuff was, and still is only available for car use and not bikes. They were phenomenal!
However I've been using EBC organic ever since as they work so well.

It's not a good idea to mix organic and sintered, front and rear. Go one or the other all round.
You do need to be careful when bedding them in. They'll probably need more than 100 miles. They reckon a hundred cycles, so that might not mean 100 miles. and will be more if the disc(s) are worn.
It's important to keep the discs and pads clean throughout bedding in. I give my discs a wipe all round with brake and clutch cleaner after every ride, particularly if it's wet.
Sometimes they glaze up before bedding in if you're too gentle and then it's useless. You have to clean the discs and pads thoroughly and start again.

Organic have always given me very powerful progressive braking with loads of feedback.
I had no trouble out-braking all the other bikes by some margin on a machine handling course I attended.

jerry · Today, 12:41 PM

I will bring the organic pads back to UK and try them in either the 750ss or the M750 ,,The disc is almost new and very clean as were the new pads ,,,even stomping on rear brake would not lock up rear wheel , it was very disconcerting I like using rear brake as that was how i was trained in 1970s ,,, apply front first and then back in normal braking ,,,, in corners use a trailing back brake as required but stay off the fronts and in wet weather rear brake very useful .

slob · Today, 01:19 PM

once the disc has a coating of pad material on it following bed-in it’s going to take extra time to transfer fresh pad material onto the disc and peak performance to come back.
if you were racing, you’d try to run different discs for different pad compounds to avoid just this issue.
i’m not at all surprised by what you’ve found but i wouldn’t immediately assume the new pads are sh*te.

Today, 03:11 AM	#1
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,910	Organic brake pads useless I normally use EBC HH pads on my Ducatis ,, i bought a set of rear SBC organic 047 pads in UK and fitted them to the S4 in Thailand .... Now the back brake is useless , these Organic pads have so little bite they take forever to slow the wheel , i have tested them for about 100 miles and might as well not have a back brake ... Put the old EBC HH pads back on the rear and hey presto excellent stopping power returned ... __________________ MONSTERMAN

Today, 11:04 AM	#2
Mr Gazza Lord of the Rings Join Date: May 2013 Location: Norwich Bike: M900sie Posts: 5,984	I started using organic brake pads back in the 80's when most disc brakes were still not really great. I was lucky enough to be able to use EBC Greenstuff pads on my Lockheed calipers as these were also used on Mini Coopers. Greenstuff was, and still is only available for car use and not bikes. They were phenomenal! However I've been using EBC organic ever since as they work so well. It's not a good idea to mix organic and sintered, front and rear. Go one or the other all round. You do need to be careful when bedding them in. They'll probably need more than 100 miles. They reckon a hundred cycles, so that might not mean 100 miles. and will be more if the disc(s) are worn. It's important to keep the discs and pads clean throughout bedding in. I give my discs a wipe all round with brake and clutch cleaner after every ride, particularly if it's wet. Sometimes they glaze up before bedding in if you're too gentle and then it's useless. You have to clean the discs and pads thoroughly and start again. Organic have always given me very powerful progressive braking with loads of feedback. I had no trouble out-braking all the other bikes by some margin on a machine handling course I attended. __________________

Today, 12:41 PM	#3
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,910	I will bring the organic pads back to UK and try them in either the 750ss or the M750 ,,The disc is almost new and very clean as were the new pads ,,,even stomping on rear brake would not lock up rear wheel , it was very disconcerting I like using rear brake as that was how i was trained in 1970s ,,, apply front first and then back in normal braking ,,,, in corners use a trailing back brake as required but stay off the fronts and in wet weather rear brake very useful . __________________ MONSTERMAN

Today, 01:19 PM	#4
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,737	once the disc has a coating of pad material on it following bed-in it’s going to take extra time to transfer fresh pad material onto the disc and peak performance to come back. if you were racing, you’d try to run different discs for different pad compounds to avoid just this issue. i’m not at all surprised by what you’ve found but i wouldn’t immediately assume the new pads are sh*te.