Tiger Hunting

[Bogus Jim]

29k miles, time for new brake pads, front and rear. I decided to try EBC Double-H pads. They're slightly lower in cost than the OEM pads, but mainly I was looking for better performance.



I did about 150 miles today to seat the new pads. So far I like them a lot better than stock... you need less lever / petal pressure to get the same amount of stopping force. They feel more like KTM brakes now. 

I suppose it's not fair to compare new EBC pads with old OEM pads w/ 29k miles. The real test would be comparing new EBC pads with new OEM pads but I don't want to go through all that monkey business.

[Hank]

Too bad the package was empty.

Sent from my TRS-80

[Bogus Jim]

Put a pair of Shinko 705's on last night. I've been running knobbies (2 sets of Big Blocks) for the last 9,000 miles, I'd forgotten how much they vibrate on the highway.




Also finally bought some of these reusable spoke weights. Should've done it a long time ago, it's a pain to remove the stick-on weights and get all the adhesive off the rim.




Nice and smoooooth on the highway now.