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Posted by greenbarn
- February 08, 2013, 04:29:03 AMI'm a big fan of ceramic pads on cars/trucks. I have an auto repair shop and use ceramics whenever they are offered. They should last as long or longer. However on the drifter the only ceramics I found were brands I didn't know. I decided to stick with a major name. Brakes are critical. I suspect if the ceramics are not lasting as long it could be due to a cheaper brand? Interesting.
Posted by Drift1
- February 07, 2013, 17:33:50 PMThanks for the info guy's,like I said I should be recieving them sometime next week being I placed the order a few days ago.The price was reasonable imop at $32 for both sets (front&back)I'll keep everyone posted in the spring with some feed back.
PC I have been ordering misc. parts (nuts,bolts etc.)and been comparing the prices between Bike Bandit,Ron Ayer's and Chapparell and so far believe it or not Chapparell has been cheaper $1+ on each part so far.....like I said though,that was just small things,not sure on bigger purchases.......just wanted to share that info.
Posted by pcarrell
- February 07, 2013, 17:01:11 PMThose prices are from Ron Ayers (http://www.ronayers.com/Fiche/TypeID/26/Type/Motorcycle/MakeID/3/Make/Kawasaki), who is pretty darn good on pricing as far as I've found.
Posted by ChilliDrift
- February 07, 2013, 16:53:45 PMeek! That's rough.. thanks for the info PC!
Posted by pcarrell
- February 07, 2013, 16:38:54 PMA front rotor runs about $230 and the rear is about $175 on a 1500.
Posted by ChilliDrift
- February 07, 2013, 16:30:47 PMI run ceramics on all of my applications. They work better and run cleaner. I hate black brake dust. Rotors are cheap these days. Although I haven't had to replace my bike rotors yet.
Posted by pcarrell
- February 07, 2013, 16:02:08 PMThey work great but don't last as long.
Posted by Drift1
- February 07, 2013, 15:46:26 PM???no ones tried these out?
Posted by Drift1
- February 02, 2013, 21:24:00 PMI've been doing reading lately about the ceramic brake pads since purchasing the www's.Main reason being trying to find a way to try to keep them clean and less maint.I know a fella named CPT.CONCH posted putting these on his drifter back in 2011.Seems they had been working out for him cutting down on a lot of the break dust issues.I'm wondering since his experience with the ceramic,has anyone else tried them out.If so what's the pro's and con's on installing them.Being I had my rear tire off just as early as this morning and figured changing the brakes as well only made since at this time I put on a new pair I had on hand.However I ordered both the front and rear set today so I will have them in time for when I get around to changing the front tire and brakes.Any feed back on your experience with the ceramic pads would be greatly aprecciated as well as opinions.Thank you fellow drifters in advance.