Brake Pads... Simplified

[Yata-Garasu_imp]

Stock Part Numbers...

Front brake pads

06455-MGC-016 (New Part Number)
06455-MGC-006 (Old Part Number)

Rear brake pads

43105-MW0-425 (New Part Number)
Or 43105-MW0-405 (Old Part Number)

EBC part numbers...

Front
EBC Brakes Double-H Sintered Metal Brake Pads - FA296HH

Rear
EBC Brakes FA174V Semi Sintered Disc Brake Pad

There's also a PDF about pad compatibility published by EBC...

Ebc Catalog showing compatibility part numbers for different manufacturers.

https://www.ebc-brakes.de/downloads/EBC_...torrad.pdf

[mvk24_imp]

Nice Info

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

[Yata-Garasu_imp]

Quick reminder... There are two brake rotors on the front wheel of the CB1100, necessitating two sets of pads.

The rear wheel only has one rotor, so only one set of pads, but apparently this set of pads is prone ro premature wear compared to the two pairs of pads up front.

You may not need to replace the front pads...

In summary, to replace all the pads on the CB1100, you will want two pairs of pads for the front, and one pair for the rear.

[Tev62]

Brembo Option (lovely feel at the lever and a little more stopping power). Not expensive either.

2017EX and on
Front 07H045SA (X2)
Rear 07H036SP

2017RS and on
Front 07H063SA (X2)
Rear 07H036SP (same as EX)

[mvk24_imp]

I just recently did sixity ceramic pads for front and back.

I was weary of the price point but I looked up reviews in lots of different forums and people seem very pleased with the brand.

Think it was $30 for all 3 pairs of pads front and back.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

[GoldOxide_imp]

... wow - surprising value?

[mvk24_imp]

i think those come from the same factory as the caltric brake parts, and I've had very good luck with them on other bikes, including my old concourses. I run a lot of caltric brake shoes on the drum stuff, and always work well. run a lot of their clutches as well.

Yes that's what I saw in my research also.

I wanted something with less brake dust and little gentler on the very expensive and hard to find front rotors. I dont plan on tracking this bike in the future so the ceramics seems fine for me.

Ironically for the price I also grabbed a set of sintered sixity pads for my bike to have on hand just incase I didn't like the ceramics.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

[GoldOxide_imp]

Excellent. Very useful information.

[Yata-Garasu_imp]

i think those come from the same factory as the caltric brake parts, and I've had very good luck with them on other bikes, including my old concourses. I run a lot of caltric brake shoes on the drum stuff, and always work well. run a lot of their clutches as well.

Yes that's what I saw in my research also.

I wanted something with less brake dust and little gentler on the very expensive and hard to find front rotors. I dont plan on tracking this bike in the future so the ceramics seems fine for me.

Ironically for the price I also grabbed a set of sintered sixity pads for my bike to have on hand just incase I didn't like the ceramics.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

Yes that's what I saw in my research also.

I wanted something with less brake dust and little gentler on the very expensive and hard to find front rotors. I dont plan on tracking this bike in the future so the ceramics seems fine for me.

Ironically for the price I also grabbed a set of sintered sixity pads for my bike to have on hand just incase I didn't like the ceramics.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

I was curious about the Sixity and Caltric pads, but the tech at Honda said to "avoid low cost eBay brake pads" and then said that the EBC brand was a good alternative.

The EBC pads were still less than half the price of the Honda OEM pads, but I was tempted by that $32 Sixity set for both front and back.

It's good to know that the Caltric pads have given good results to people here on this forum. I will keep that in mind for the future.

I was looking for the Brembo pads too, but I think those are European only, as the prices on ebay including shipping to Texas make them more expensive than the Honda OEM pads.

I have to say, I was surprised that my bike needed new pads at barely 18k miles. In the past on other bikes, I usually got around 30k miles out of a set of pads.

Was I just lucky before or are these Honda pads unusually short-lived?

[peterbaron]

I bought all my pads from my Honda dealer, and most were OEM if not all, can’t remember.
Always had good mileage/long lasting.
Mostly longer rides, don’t commute and no passenger.