Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:33:42 +0300
- Message No. 4308
From: Phoebus Katsanos
Subject: Re: Oil for the @
> 1. OIL
> I use MOTUL 3100 15W-50 (I don't drive regularly in winter) - it's
> semi-synthetic oil (it's not the best they produce). I change it every
> 6000 - 8000 km everytime with oil filter. I'm satisfied with it.
>
> 2.BRAKEPADS
> still having the original ones (25 000 km, Nissin). But they will be
> gone soon. On my last bike -Dominator- I have change the original (after
> they were gone) for EBC ones and didn't noticed big difference either in
> braking or disc wearing. So probably I will buy EBC again (I have even
> EBC front discs now)
>
> Bye for now
>
> Vlada
Can't say much about the oil, my favourite is Bel Ray EXS, but about the
brake pads I will disagree:
EBC are way too soft and they give you a soft dumping feeling on your
brakes. They feel like in order to brake you need much more power,
especially when trying to "freeze" the rear wheel (for fun or
otherwise).
I made a small survey in our Club, and most guys seem to agree that the
Nissin ones are definitely worth their price. Also I wear SBS brake pads
in the front brake and they also seem to be much better that EBC.
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