CBR 250 Brake Pads ?

[KRS1]

Has anyone ever successfully found sintered HH brake pads for the cbr 250 in thailand?

if anyone knows a place abroad that will ship without charging exorbitant shipping fees, please let me know

[ll2]

Consider steel brake lines together as well for more immediacy on braking. You can put them on your cbr300 later:)

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[KRS1]

LOL

[RubberSideDown]

Off eBay, the best price I've seen is ~1300 baht shipped for Galfer HH and ~1500 baht for EBC HH- I doubt you'd get hit with import charges for such a relatively small amount.

[KRS1]

when you click on those ebay links they want to charge $65 for shipping.

its free for the continental US.

[RubberSideDown]

I'm searching 'cbr250r brake pads HH front' and the Galfer pads are coming up 1300 baht shipped (50 baht more for ABS pads) from the UK- am I looking at the wrong thing? The EBC sintered HH pads are 1500 baht shipped (non-ABS) from the US.

[KRS1]

are you on ebay.com or ebay.co.uk ?

[RubberSideDown]

eBay.com- here's the link:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=Cbr250r+brake+pads+HH+front&_sop=15

[KRS1]

if you click on 'see details' next to shipping cost and change the country to thailand, it list a different shipping price. Varies from $44-65.

Unless youve found something i missed.

might see if i can get them from singapore with cheaper shipping.

EDIT : ah ok found one now, that ships international for $12.86 standard shipping, hope thats not by sea

Edited October 26, 2013 by KRS1

[RubberSideDown]

We're seeing 2 different things- I've got 70 eBay orders shipped to LOS this year alone, and my prices (including shipping to Thailand) come up in Thai baht. From the UK (Royal Mail) it usually takes a week to 10 days- it's more like 2 weeks (USPS) from the States- sometimes it's closer to 3 weeks.

Here's a screen-shot:

Edited October 26, 2013 by RubberSideDown

[KRS1]

damnit theres thai people working at ebay, giving me double pricing ! ...lol

atleast one price was fairly similar, but its weird how were getting two different results though

[RubberSideDown]

That's really strange- do you have your Paypal addy and profile location set for Thailand?

[KRS1]

nope, havent bought anything while in thailand...But i am logged in right now, and have changed the shipping options to thailand per item.

EDIT: no wait a minute i take that back, i bought some slingshot bands from china.

Edited October 26, 2013 by KRS1

[RubberSideDown]

If you're logged in, try copying-and-pasting that link I posted earlier.

[ll2]

Do sintered brake pads shorten the life of discs or is it just a myth?

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[RubberSideDown]

There's probably some truth to it as they can run hotter, but I doubt it's a big issue with current disc materials.

[English_M_in_Bkk]

Can get EBC brakes in Bangkok from here:

http://www.euroautobreakers.com/ebcthai.html

I went in about 2 months ago to get pads for my CBR250. They didn't have them in stock at the time but said it would take about a week to get them in. They might have in stock now - give them a call

[ll2]

There's probably some truth to it as they can run hotter, but I doubt it's a big issue with current disc materials.

I used sintered nice brake pads before but notice no problems on short perios but no ideas on the long period of usage.

Some say, they eat the disc slowly by slowly and after long time, problems.

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[KRS1]

Can get EBC brakes in Bangkok from here:

http://www.euroautobreakers.com/ebcthai.html

I went in about 2 months ago to get pads for my CBR250. They didn't have them in stock at the time but said it would take about a week to get them in. They might have in stock now - give them a call

Thanks ! Will definately check them out.

Changing pads every 12k kilos is getting old.

[KRS1]

There's probably some truth to it as they can run hotter, but I doubt it's a big issue with current disc materials.

I used sintered nice brake pads before but notice no problems on short perios but no ideas on the long period of usage.

Some say, they eat the disc slowly by slowly and after long time, problems.

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Thats what they say about kevlar pads also, but i dont know if its real or a myth.

I used no name sintered HH on my SV 650 from ebay last year, and they were great, but cant find any generic brands for the cbr 250...much cheaper than EBC or Galfer.

[RubberSideDown]

The better pads are really worth it- even if it only cuts your 60-0 stopping distance by a few feet, how many times have you stopped inches short of someone's bumper?

[KRS1]

i hope so !

[ll2]

Yep, few feet is easily a thin line between life and death in motorcycling!

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[KRS1]

eh, no reply from the supposed thai EBC distributor...

just got another set of oem pads...this is my 3rd set of rear pads within 22k kilos.