250-500cc WR300 rear brake pads...

Had a four day ride a couple of weekends ago. Ate though the rear pads on my '14 WR300 after about 70 miles.

I was really surprised I used them up so quickly. Luckily, there was a KTM dealer about an hour away with a set of KTM 690 Enduro rear pads (same as the WR). They were EBC units. I ate through half of the pad material on the next 70 miles.

Maybe I need to sign up for rear brake abusers anonymous, but pad wear seems excessive compared to my previous bikes.

Any similar experiences or suggestions?

Any other rear pad crossovers besides the KTM 690 enduro?

Thanks,

Heath

Ebay has plenty of options(older ktm exc). Free play adjusted so it's not dragging?

Did you wear a set too far and remove the chamfer from the holes on the rotor. This will turn the rotor into a cheese grater and cause pads to wear out quickly regardless of what you use.

No holes. Solid rotor.

The pads had done well until this trip. It was very wet and muddy. Mountainous (steep) terrain with a lot of sand stone (which makes for sandy mud).

Maybe it was just the conditions and my overuse of the rear brake. Hard to use the front brake when it's muddy without losing traction.

Heath

I run the $10 sintered chinga ebay ones & buggered if I can tell the difference in performance or longevity against prox/goldfren!

Chewing up a set of pads is possible in a single ride!

Certainly happened on this muddy trip to the Tennessee mountains. At least I know how quickly I can eat a set on the WR and will carry spares accordingly.

Heath

The cheap pads are easy on rotor wear but can be used up in one ride especially if you get them muddy. I bought 4 sets on clearance for $6 per set and when I finally needed a set I discovered they were the wrong ones and fit older KTM and Huseberg. LOL. Fortunately I had one good set left

Hey Shawry do you have a link to those pads Cant seem to find them.

I'm a spud at doing the whole link thing!

Just get on ebay & enter '2000 ktm exc rear brake pads' or similar. Maybe ktm lc4/640 as well. All the katos ran em up to around 03 I think. Just do the lowest to highest price thing. I was on there last night & a set came up for $9.99. They're normally a gold colour(sintered) or black for organic

I am using the Delta Braking sintered pads that I get for about 15€, they work well and doesn't harm the disk that much.
Now I'm trying some cheaper pad's from RIFFEL but they didn't last long and I think they were harder on the disk.

Next time I will try some ProX just to have a try ...


Regards.