Choosing Motorcycle Brake Pads - What is Brake Fade?

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve found yourself staring at the brake pad offerings for your motorcycle, wondering why the huge price difference between one over another or what the difference is between organic pads and sintered pads, you’re not alone. It’s a confusing process that often appears to be price driven - so you choose which ever pad you can afford or that fits into what you feel like spending when in fact that isn’t the way to choose at all. And what about that dreaded brake fade? What is it and why does it happen? More motorcycle travel episodes available on Adventure Rider Radio at adventureriderradio.com. Want to help out? Rate and review us on iTunes or on your favourite podcast app, tell your family, friends, riding buddies or club about ARR. Check out our other show ARR RAW, round table talks about motorcycles and travel.Subscribe to both shows to listen to inspiring and interesting guests, learn from professional riding instructors and industry experts about all things motorcycle. Get an ARR sticker(postage included) with a $10 donation. Link on our website. Have a comment? Go to the episode show notes on our website and have your say at the bottom of the page. Adventure Rider Radio is now the most listened to motorcycle podcast in the world, and we thank you for your support!

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0:00.0	Brakes are often something that is taken for granted until you don't have them.
0:04.0	Now today we're going to talk about why price should not be a deciding factor when you're choosing
0:08.1	brake pads, what the difference is between different brake pads like centered and organic and
0:12.2	which is right for your bike and as well how the type of brake pad
0:16.4	affects your rotor wear and then we're gonna find out exactly what brake fade is and
0:21.9	what gas has to do with brake fade and a bunch more other things really
0:26.6	interesting to do with motorcycle brakes and as always we turn to experts for
0:30.5	the answer and for this one we have motorcycle brake experts from EBC
0:34.8	brakes both in the US and the UK all coming up today I'm Jim Martin this is
0:39.7	adventure rider radio stay with us We got a good one for you.
0:46.0	I'm Simon Manne, Ed, Simon, Simon Payview,
0:49.0	and Peter, Joce on Snow, Charlie Bowman, Carl Parker,
0:52.0	Simon Thomas, Grant Johnert John Jimmy Lewis.
0:54.0	Els Kestayay.
0:55.0	This Janssen and you're listening to Adventure Rider Radio.
1:00.0	Before we get started, I want to thank these fine companies that help get this episode out today.
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1:08.5	it delivers the oil to a felt pad on your swing arm, no nozzles near your sprockets, one ounce of oil gets a thousand miles or
1:14.0	16 hundred kilometers.
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1:17.0	motobreeze.
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