Official SMR 511 Mod thread

I haven't been happy with the OEM brake pads so far. They are ok, at best, when cold but heat them up a bit and braking force really suffers which endlessly annoys me from a Brembo radial system.

At first I had assumed the 511 caliper would be the same as the previous 510 and while the pads are quite similar they are NOT the same. I spent some time at a friendly bike shop in town and flipped through the EBC book till I found an exact match. I suppose it should have been obvious from the get go but the match came as a bit of a surprise to me. The Husqvarna SMR511 uses the same Brembo caliper as the ......... BMW S1000R. :O

Knowing this we can now source different pad makes and materials. EBC only offers two pads - one which I assume is close to the OEM pad and their top end race pad which unfortunately my guy couldn't source through local suppliers. However he could get hold of a set of Ferodo XRac racing pads so those are the ones I am going to try.

Like I said on SMJ; The SMR uses the same caliper as previous SMR's. Pads that the cast radial caliper on the SMR's use, run brembo 07BB05 pads (EBC part# FA322/4HH), the BMW uses brembo 07BB33 pads (EBC# FA604/4HH).

Those part#'s are from brembo and EBC's websites, from first hand experience a mate tried the pads on his S1000RR and they didn't fit. A mate runs the EBC pads in his 450 and loves them, another friend uses ferodo sintered street pads in his 690SMC (same caliper/pads) and rates them. I have a set of brembo red 07BB05 SA (street) and a set of silver SC (street/track) pads to try but due to an unfortunate meeting with the ground I'm out of action for a few months.

Note the comment down the bottom of the SA pad packaging.

I am going to beg to differ. I have in my possession, a set of Ferodo XRAC pads (FA604 in the EBC book) which are listed for the S1000R right on the package and they measure up the exact same dimensions as the OEM pad I took out of my 511.

More importantly the FA604 are the exact same shape as the pads I took out of my 511. The first thing I noticed about the FA322 is that it is not the same shape as the 511 pad. The top of the backing plate, the crown if you will, where the pad interfaces with the locking spring is quite different and it worried me that the pads may not be held in place properly if I went to an FA322.

Check the thickness of the metal backing plate for me. Talking to my mate (S1000RR) he said the BMW needs a thicker backing plate as the pads have been known to fall out if they use the 07BB05 pads or if pad thickness gets too low. This shouldn't affect you using them on the SMR.

Well maybe Ferodo didn't get the message because the BMW pads they make are totally identical to the 511 pads. I measured the backing plate and it is identical thickness to the thousandth of an inch.

I installed them in my bike and they fit fine. I could care less how they fit in a BMW, only how they fit in my 511.

My supplier screwed up and brought in two sets because he is used to dealing with sportbike guys. If I like these pads maybe I will buy the other set to have for when these ones wear out.

Is the bike a road or track/race bike? I'm interested to see how the XRAC pads turn out...

Road bike.

Keep in mind race pads need heat to work, so they typically won't work well (or at all in some cases) until they get hot.

In my seven seasons of roadracing and three years, running an Aprilia SXV on the street with race pads, this has not been my experience. Race pads, like race tires offer more and better performance than OEM with the tradeoff being longevity of those parts. I am more than willing to make that tradeoff.

The only brakes that don't work until they get hot are the carbon-carbon motogp spec brakes but that doesn't really apply to the rest of us.

Not correct. My race pads does not grip before they have some heat in them. But since I only race it's not a problem. I change them if its a wet race anyway.

Looks like the XRAC are the semi-race pads, still sintered so should work at street temps. More grip than the OE pads that's for sure!

Are your pads sintered or organic material Londin?

Can you please tell me where you got these (smr511 compatible) axle block sliders?

Ive been looking everywhere for them!

thanks.

Got the last pair of SME sliders that motostrano had early last year. I think some dude on ebay is selling some similar ones these days.

Anyone got any suggestions for a short (1 finger) clutch lever?

ASV makes a shorty clutch lever that fits
CHF33-K F3 for a black one
CHF33-B F3 for blue
CHF33-R F3 for red

If that's the case then any Brembo clutch lever for KTM 2006-2009(KTM SX / XC/ EXC 200, 250, 300, 450, 525 (06-09) will fit!

While they are nice, those are not a one finger lever.

Levers normally come in two versions, long or short. I believe these are short - on both levers you can use 1 finger if you want....

Hi guys! Help me please . Which exhaust is better arrow full , fmf powercore 4 or FMF Factory 4.1 RCT Titanium Muffler Slip On Exhaust and why? For smr 511