Upgrading my front brake.

[Magnum Magna]

I got pads from Terry  http://www.cli-maxridinggear.com
EBC Double H Sintered
HH rated - Highest friction Rating
Grippiest street legal pad you can buy



Line from Dave dodge
928-387-1206

both should be found in the Commercial Vendors section of the magna page.

[Chokse]

I had the sintered pads (EBC) on my SuperDuper Magna (the one with the CBR wheels and brakes), but I took them off because I felt they were an accident waiting to happen.  They really had no progressive feel.  They were either 100% or 0%, with nothing in the middle.  A couple of times in heavy traffic I had a car pull into my lane without looking.  I had to hit the brakes a bit hard (like a hard flick of the fingers on the brake lever) to avoid hitting the car and in both cases I locked up the front wheel and almost went down. 

I have since switched to the EBC generics and they are much better.  With good clean fluid and the SS lines, it still stops on a dime, but it no longer locks the wheel on hard braking.  The brakes have a much more progressive feel to them.  A quick emergency jerk on the lever engages the brakes and brings the bike to a quick stop without locking up the front wheel.  It is a much more secure feeling now as I drive around.

I don't know.  Maybe my problem is due to the fact that I have two rotors up front on a bike that was supposed to have one.  Also, my master cylinder is also from a VTX 1800, so it is more powerful than the Magna's or CBR's.

Or, it could be that the sintered pads are supposed to be used on the track and tend to work most efficiently when very hot.  In normal driving the pads and rotor are fairly cool, and this supposedly causes the pads to lock more easily (when cold) than when they are hot.

Anyway, food for thought.

[LIMagna]

I definitely think the custom setup on your superduper Magna had more to do with the way the sintered pads worked.  I find them to be very easy to modulate and they require considerably less finger effort than the stock pads do.  Having only one rotor up front does limit things a bit so it's not surprising that your dual rotor setup was a bit more sensitive. 

[Skydrol]

Thanks, definitely going to look into it.

[TLRam1]

I definitely think the custom setup on your superduper Magna had more to do with the way the sintered pads worked.  I find them to be very easy to modulate and they require considerably less finger effort than the stock pads do.  Having only one rotor up front does limit things a bit so it's not surprising that your dual rotor setup was a bit more sensitive. 

Charlie is correct, on a stock Magna setup, you have no issues as described. The front tire I have never locked up and it would take some effort to do so.

[Chokse]

Probably true.  On most of the CBR forums, riders really seem to hate the sintered pads unless they are using them on the track.  Almost everyone running a street bike is going with organic pads because with dual rotors, the sintered pads bite too hard in front and are almost lethal on the rear rotor.