Motorcycle Brake Pads, Rotors & Brake Parts

How do I choose the right motorcycle brake pad compound?

Brake pads, rotors, stainless lines, calipers, master cylinders, and the rebuild kits and fluids that keep them working. Braking parts are the highest-consequence wear items on a motorcycle — pads wear to the backing plate, rotors wear below minimum thickness, and rubber lines soften with age, all of which show up as a longer lever pull before they show up as a failure.

Pick pad compound by how you ride: organic pads are quiet and easy on rotors for street commuting, sintered pads bite harder and last longer in wet or aggressive riding, and semi-metallic sits between. Rotors and pads are model-specific — match the part to your exact year, make, and model, and replace pads in axle sets.