Brembo: Old versus new front brakes

Britjunkie said:
I have ordered proper "street" pads but I decided to do a little experimenting. I have a small mill/lathe combo and I milled out a 1/2 inch strip of brake pad exactly in the middle of the pad. Each pad has 4 separate "padlets" on it's backing steel. I milled from it's top to bottom equally through the #2 and #3 pads in each. My first low speed trial was good, that initial "bite" was gone and I could use my whole hand on the lever without fear of an endo. Hoping for a ride tomorrow to check it out further.
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Do I get it right that you have single pads and made two pads by cutting?
 
Raphi said:
Britjunkie said:
I have ordered proper "street" pads but I decided to do a little experimenting. I have a small mill/lathe combo and I milled out a 1/2 inch strip of brake pad exactly in the middle of the pad. Each pad has 4 separate "padlets" on it's backing steel. I milled from it's top to bottom equally through the #2 and #3 pads in each. My first low speed trial was good, that initial "bite" was gone and I could use my whole hand on the lever without fear of an endo. Hoping for a ride tomorrow to check it out further.
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Do I get it right that you have single pads and made two pads by cutting?
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No, all I did was reduce the amount of friction material that was present on each of the four pads.
 
You can use the brake lever adjustment dial to move the position of the lever. This may help you. If its closer, then maybe you wont want to pull so hard. Another idea is to get the shorty levers. Just thinking out loud here.
 
My complaint that the front brake had too much initial "bite" for me has been solved with changing the front pads to GOLDfren 141 AD's. eBay has them listed in the U.S. for about $ 32.00 Mark.
 
Short update: I got the old style Gold line Brembo calipers installed today. What a difference! Apparently they have larger pistons and as stated before two brake pads per side compared to the MkII ones...
Another reason for the bad performance of the MkII grey calipers might be that the set up with Gold line top parts (cylinder etc.) might not fit exactly to the MKII calipers.
Happy again!
Raphi
 
I have the old style fitted to mine 4 piston but I’ve fitted a gold brembo master cylinder from a Ducati 748 and the stopping power is good. I use brembo sintered pads.
 

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