im in the market for new brake pads and i saw these tusk front brake pads for about half the price. of evrything else. has anyone tried these. im short on money and i thought if they work why not save some money. also my chain needs replacing. should i go with another o ring chain or buy a regular chain. is there a cheap o ring chain availiable. i ride the dunes about 4 -6 times a year and most of the time i ride trails. what do yalls think

 

I've used these brake pads before. I don't remember them being any better or worse than the others. The fronts don't wear nearly as quickly as the back brakes anyhow so I would go for it.

/Jon

 

I bought the EBC carbon graphite brake pads for my 4-wheeler. They wear out extremely fast (totally gone in 5-6 hours of riding).

 

anyone else have any opinions i am going to get the sintered metal ones becuase their not supposed to wear as fast

 

what i've heard about the sintered metal pads is that they don't wear as fast because they wear out your rotors - rotors cost more than pads, so I would suggest going with regular pads. I've also heard some good things about EBC's severe duty pads - what I heard is that they last considerably longer than regular pads and aren't harsh on your rotors like the sintered pads.

 

EBC SV pads are actually sintered metal pads. if any pads are tough on rotors it is the SV. I have run the SV with no problem however. I have been using the Tusk pads on my YFZ for almost a year and have been real happy with them. I can't see any rotor wear and the pads are holding up good too. For the price they are the best pads out there with out a doubt.

Speaking of rotors though, I bent the rear rotor on my blaster and bought a Tusk stailess steal rotor for $50! it has worked good too. I got it at rocky mountain atv.