New EBC V pads

[Foxster]

The back brake on Fat Bobs are crap, barely functional. I had it checked a bit ago at Black Bear cos I wondered if it was faulty. But, no, that's as good as it gets.

I have some EBC "HH" brake pads in at the moment. These are about as good as it gets but I knew that EBC did some EP (Extreme Performance) pads too and wondered if these might be better. So I emailed the tech dept because I was wondered whether they wouldn't get hot enough on a street bike to be effective. Here's the reply:

The EP range are for fast road use and track days and should not be a problem - but might be worth trying the V pads which is a semi sintered pad so it's a little bit softer on the material and may give a you a better feel to the brake. Thank you Jon Wright.

I checked out these "V pads". They are new as of spring this year and so there's not much information out there. From EBC's website it looks like these are designed specifically for heavy cruisers, hence the V - as in V-Twin.

I've ordered some from the US as they aren't available in the UK yet. I'll post an update when I've tried 'em.

[Mr B]

I could do with something like that in my RK. I put sintered pads in the back, because the rear brake was crap. It's got a brilliant back brake now, but they've eaten the disc up. New disc soon and find out a bit more about these new pads.

Brian.