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on: January 06, 2019, 07:26:51 pm
What brake pads are you guys going with when it's time to replace the stock pads?

Looking at the Brembo website, I didn't know that the Bybre rear brake caliper setup is a Brembo brand specifically designed for smaller displacement bikes and scooters.
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Reply #1 on: January 06, 2019, 09:24:02 pm
I just shuffled in here drooling and muttering about the Kaiser from the Iron Cylinder Old Folks Home. We don't generally cotton to you young whippersnappers' disk braking and boogie-woogie music, but last winter this topic came up, and since I'd heard something about SBS pads specifically being a "sweet spot" for ByBre brakes, I posted this.

Of course, I have no more need or personal knowledge of brake disks than most bears do of asteroid orbits, but there you have it. I'm sure somebody who actually has some clue what they're on about will be by directly.
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Reply #3 on: January 15, 2019, 04:49:23 pm
All Brake Pads for BMW F650GS can also be used for the Conti GT
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Reply #4 on: January 15, 2019, 05:49:21 pm
i don't think for at least 5 years you will need to change the brake pads.


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Reply #5 on: January 15, 2019, 07:46:40 pm
That depends on how you ride, surely? I'm on my third set of front pads.
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Reply #6 on: January 15, 2019, 07:49:11 pm
All Brake Pads for BMW F650GS can also be used for the Conti GT

That's good to know. My replacement front disc was for a Ducati Monster, and I think that model, which I can't remember off the top of my head,  also used the same pads as the GT.
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Reply #7 on: February 15, 2019, 09:13:17 am
That's good to know. My replacement front disc was for a Ducati Monster, and I think that model, which I can't remember off the top of my head,  also used the same pads as the GT.

Right.
The Ducati Monster S2R 800 has the same caliper and disc at the front, but in different colors.

Looking for BMW F650 brake parts will bring much more results, than searching for the rare Ducati S2R 800.


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