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I agree spending over £70 on front brake pads does sound a little crazy, when other brands EBC, SBS, Bendix etc cost a around £40 for a set,

I used to be a fan of EBH but as FSM says they go off after a while or at least thats what I think, so I tried these... http://www.intobikes.co.uk/products/000556/001258/Brembo_Sintered_Road_Front_Brake_Pads_suitable_for_Honda_VTR1000_F_X_Firestorm_1998?pt=0049&rg=12&sg=OR&st=pt&sf=...

Neither! lol Get yourself some SBS pads, either the more street friendly Street Excel, or if your a hooner, get the Race Sintered! Much much better pads, and much cheaper too!! I had looked at these but was put of by a couple reports of rapid wear and lots of dust, plus I couldn't find a supplier t...

I've been looking for some pads to relace the very poor Kyotos currently fitted, based on reccommendations for this site and other plus the lack of pad options for the std caliper, I'd pretty much decided to fit EBD HH pads. However when searching for the best price I came across EBC Extreme Pro com...

wheels now painted black,

FirestormMike wrote:

The wheels on Marras old bike were stunning.

that does look great, a little to 'bling' for me though to much like hard work keeping it all shiny

I have seen the Gold fren pads on ebay and to be honest I was warned off them by someone on the Pistonheads forum, I've not tried them so have no opinion but i respect your view that they are in fact OK, I'll look at them again,

I'll look up ftr cheers

thanks guys, black is in a clear lead

Alnong with painting the wheels (another thread) I'm giving my VTR1000 a once over prior to taxing it Apr 1st ready for some decent weather (well I can hope ) in order to deal with it's handling issues it's getting some new fork springs and if funds allow a rear shock or if not maybe just a rear spr...

I have yellow VTR (see pic ) http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/budd_album/bikes/P1070034-1.jpg it’s previous owner in his (or her) wisdom powder coated the rim to match, anyway I guess they didn’t like it and sprayed the ‘outer’ part of the wheel black leaving the centre yellow(just v...

Ask Roger at Revolution. He'll tell you the same as he's told all of us; that even with a Blade front end you'll still need to have work done changing the damping and springs/oil. I fitted some Hyperpro for a member the other week and was quite impressed, they came with 7.5 wt oil of good quality. ...

Now I know this subject as probably been covered at length over the years but if you’ll bear with me I just want to run down the options available re improving the OE suspension. Initially I want to concentrate on the front end but I realise the rear shock is equally important and I’ll deal with...

marravtr wrote:ow do matey, welcome to the forum

thanks for the welcome, loving the avatar

Jbrebel wrote:If your only at Wakey Budd I'll keep my eyes peeled for you-I'm only a stones throw away

I live in Ossett just outside Wakey, where are you ? and do get over to Sherburn? if the weathers something like I may have a ride over on Sunday.

Cheers I'll look into those, l'm building a Impreza race car at the mo so funds for the VTR are tight to say the least, while I don't want to cut corners budget is a major issue and I don't really want to start a new project while the Impreza build is on going, that said if I can got hold of some ch...