| Author | Message | ||
     Lospice1 |
Changed my Dunlopad SDP pads for some RDP pads($86 from riders discount) since I'm only riding at the track. First, the SDP are great pads for the street and more than hold there own on the track...they also last a long long time. The RDPs ,when warm, are great pads. No fade and great initial bite. I would highly recommend both SDP and RDP pads for street and track respectively. Also, I can't stress enough the best bang for the buck upgrade is to change the OEM front master cylinder to a Kawasaki/suzuki/ yammy radial MC. You can get them for about $100! It's a no brainer!!! Will | ||
| Thefleshrocket |
I've got the SDP993s on my 1125R as well and love them. You mentioned that the RDP is great when warm. I assume that compound doesn't have the same impressive bite when cold that the SDP does? I ask because the SDP compound isn't available for my Speed Triple 1050 but the RDP compound is. Since it's marketed as a race compound, I figured it wasn't so good when cold, and that's important to me. I'm leaning towards the Vesrah RJL compound as I've used it before and find its performance pretty comparable to the SDP compound. | ||
| Lospice1 |
I have a Speed Triple too!! I would not use the racing pads on the street. Although they warm up quick, not fast enough for street use. My pads on my 1050 are dp....I guess they stopped making the sdp;( We're lucky to have 2 of the best bikes on the planet! Will | ||
| Thefleshrocket |
How do you like the DP compound on your Speed Triple? I've seen it quoted as an HH compound, and also as a GG compound--so I stayed away from it in case it really was a GG compound. The Speed Triple is a ridiculously fun bike--easily the best hooligan/city commuting bike I've ever ridden, and it also does a great job on the backroads, especially the tighter, twistier, bumpier ones. | ||
| Lospice1 |
The ones I have on the 1050 are HH+. I like them alot. I was going to turn it into a track bike, but the cost of much needed suspension mods was prohibitive. It's a hoot to drive though. The engine is simply amazing. I wish Triumph would have put it into the Daytona chassis. Will | ||
| Thefleshrocket |
Are you using the DP213 pads? Those are the street-oriented ones, according to Dunlopad. How's the cold bite? My biggest complaint with the 1050's stock pads is that they take a couple of stops to warm up. The SDP993s are nice and grippy just rolling out of my driveway. I've switched to 10wt oil in the compression tube and 15wt in the rebound tube, and had the shock revalved and resprung by Traxxion and I'm pretty happy with it. It's good enough for fast street use, at least. I wouldn't be afraid to try it at the track--the only problem would be lack of horsepower/aerodynamics on straights. I'm pretty sure 600s will walk away from the Speed Triple over about 110 or so. | ||
| Jdugger |
Has anyone used these pads for racing? How to they work compared to the 2015 pads? | ||
| Rodrob |
Has anyone used these pads for racing? How to they work compared to the 2015 pads? Ditto. |
