Motorcycle Brake Pad Basics | Sintered vs Organic

Sintered vs Organic vs Semi-Metallic motorcycle brake pads. Differences, pros & cons and what's best for your bike.
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[@julian23561]

I just use my foot as our ancestors intended, full organic, kinda hard on the knees though. lol

[@ChaosCauses]

Haha thanks Mr Flintstone

[@KaLeB_]

@@ChaosCauses it took me a while to undestand...lol

[@kweenie2086]

These explaining videos teach me so much i never knew every time i love it! Cheers man

[@marcdieters5605]

Nice job, very informative. Thanks !

[@ketanchauhan5839]

Nailed it chaos cause !

[@beborodner930]

I prefer parachutes to slowdown, but you know.. it's still nice to know these things.

[@kbearpro]

Great video bud. I like all the cool info. Thank you! Keep up the great work 😎👍

[@lucasvbuts]

always nice videos keep it up from the netherlands!

[@stoyan.velinov]

Yay, new video!

[@brentbauer8258]

To my understanding break pads are always partially touching the rotors and are never truly cold. I do not think I have ever spun a wheel and not kinda heard the pads lightly rubbing. Great information.

[@slicedcube]

dont they form screeches on disc? to the point, my brake pads have worn out just around 3k mi, i was thinking of readjusting to slight gap

[@thatwolffe3802]

@@slicedcube im not sure how you will adjust them to a gap, hydraulic brakes are self adjusting.

[@NuwanLiyanage1983]

I use EBC organic pads since 2013 on my Hornet, best brand & pads for me

[@joek81981]

Hey, recent subscriber. I just learned that a bunch of Brembo calipers are all largely the same - usually 108mm and once in a while 100mm and 110mm, stud to stud (radial). The distance from the wheel hub changes to accommodate disc sizes, so your bracket or spacing changes bike-to-bike, but not much else, and sometimes they just plop right in, no nothing needed. I'm putting (having put on, be real here) Cafe's on my bike this weekend thru next and I'm blown away that I even could. I always assumed that each bike took it's own specific part number of caliper, like a car might. Come to find out, almost everybody went with 108mm, just different sized discs and spacing. So if you have a weird bike, or a new bike and they don't make anything yet, if you mind your pot sizes, and you know your dimensions AND find a complementary master, you can put 'bos on a bike that didn't used to have them. Support your local machine shop. They can do your spacer up in like a day. The bad news is it's fronts only and its well over $1,000, lines, calipers and master.

[@jgeoc1055]

To add to that, the majority of Jap bikes are 108mm and Euro bikes are 100mm. Apart from an older r1, which is 130mm. A good aftermarket setup would be the Brembo GP4 caliper range, RCS19 Corsa Corta, abs delete and depending on use, z04 pads for high performance track use or other brembo pads for street use.

[@andypughtube]

FWIW I used OEM Yamaha sintered pads on my OEM brakes on my R1 and it took 110,000 miles before the MOT inspector insisted that it was time to change the discs. So I don't think that brake wear is _that_ much of an issue even with high-performance pads. I have lost track of how many sets of pads I went through in that time, I would guess at least 10 but it's such a quick and easy job that it doesn't really register.

[@m3talc0re]

3:38 hey, that's at the Barber museum in Alabama. I recognized a place! XD

[@thegamingmachetesxi8921]

I really like your videos, but could you change ur slides in your videos to Dark-Mode, the white screens always blinds me lol

[@IN_ZANE_]

What's that brake setup @ 4:50 with the caliper sliding around the wheel??

[@afox20]

I always thought that organic braking pads were made out of mud

[@simplepictures499]

I did put sinisterd pads on my 00 harley touring for the front, they where awfull, braking was kinda okey, but they squeak and when i used the brake sounded like a train thats performing an emergensy stop. It got to a point i was riding only my rear brake as i didnt want to hear that sound 😂 now switchd to organic, brakes are a bit weaker, but atleat no noise 🤟

[@mrmoon1482]

I’ve used organic pads I think they cause the disc to overheat and warp, it happened both front and back when I replaced them both with organic, they also ware away in a matter of weeks

[@ktkace]

I mix and match carbon/ceramic/sintered on all my bikes.... Linear and good braking feel are paramount for street (read : UNPREDICTABLE) conditions

[@yveslegrand9826]

Glass and ceramic are NOT organic...in fact in "organic" break pads, the vast majority of the components is NOT organic. It's more a reference to the bonding agent BETWEEN the particules. And going cheap on break components is not an option for a real bike...

[@trsskater]

Those are in fact organic. There 2 types of elements. Metals and nonmetals. Non metals are organic. Silica dioxide is used to make glass and ceramics which are both organic elements. And then the resin that bines it all together is made up of more non metal/ organic elements. Which makes the whole thing organic.

[@vizotzyz]

i didn't know there were scented brake pads, what will they think of next

[@jayjethwa9638]

What to do if i lost my progression pn my front brake ? On my duke 390

[@kimw200blaze4]

I'd rather change organic pads more often, than changing the rotors more frequently from being worn down by sintered pads. I think it will be a lot cheaper in the long run...

[@thatwolffe3802]

Another benefit of the pads wearing more often is that your calliper pistons get pushed back more often reducing the chance of them getting seized out.

[@puakapa67]

I always view this channel from India Mizoram

[@oulupulu]

I LOVE the sound my brakes make. Bzzzzzzzzzz here I come!! Why do they make that noise 🤔

[@johnhess351]

What is ceramic?

[@andrewhogg4439]

disagree with sintered pads warming up fast, i swapped the sintered to organics on my RGV250 as they took about 15 minutes of normal riding to warm up, the organics seemed to work fine from the first pull. Can't beat the stopping power of the sintered once they were warmed up though.

[@johnlaw5762]

Where did he say sintered warms up faster than organic?

[@thatwolffe3802]

@@johnlaw5762 right at the start saying they warm up quickly, and then saying that everything about organic is the opposite of sintered.

[@blackline66]

Ceramic and Carbon? Organic pads are everywhere here not difficult to find at all.

[@oscar_bru8455]

hi

[@MotoDash1100]

Engine braking or nuttin! :p

[@ChaosCauses]

You clearly don't ride a 2-stroke lol

[@ardwivedi16]

@@ChaosCauses When I leave the throttle on my Yamaha Rx 135 and it feels like it's in neutral

[@fb3824]

lol, share with that friend...

[@RT22-pb2pp]

Neither ceramic only

[@benjaminsimpf2711]

I lost on from the back 20 minutes ago

[@paulroberts3639]

Great video. But Silicon and Ceramics are not organic chemicals. For a chemical/compound to be ‘organic’ it must have carbon in it. Organic pads are largely made of graphite. Plus all the other stuff, such as silicon, ceramics and some metal particles. I spent far too long as a science teacher to keep my mouth shut at times like this. Anyway…. Great stuff 👍

[@ranagxo]

,🔥

[@SuzukiRiderlv426]

you guys brake?

[@snorman1911]

You guys ride motorcycles??

[@ialexander6687]

"PromoSM" 😥

[@rasmus1600]

*Ceramic brake pads crying in the corner*

[@martyhassquaids]

First'

[@resetzopx]

Can we get some bike hacks for new riders?