Road Line brake padsItalian brakes specialist Newfren has updated its brake pads programme with new compounds and applications, offering its distributors access to a comprehensive range with coverage for most popular makes and model of on and off-road motorcycles and scooters.
Their Road Line now features a single premium R01 Sintered Race formula that Newfren say has been developed for Superbike, Superstock, Supersport and Supermoto models.
Described as an "innovative sintered racing titanium technology" with a friction coefficient HH+ rating, it features a new Zirconium ceramic "NWF Pro Tech" heat shield.
The company has two lines of sintered and organic pads for street bikes - the TT Pro range, which is said to be ideal for track and road use, and is recommended for the new generation of high performance street bikes and the Touring range - specially formulated for long distance riding, they are said to offer durability, comfort and stability in dry and wet conditions.
Newfren has five lines of brake pads for off-roaders, one of which is a specialty sintered race formulation, and three lines of scooter pads - including sintered and organic pads specially formulated for the demands of urban riding and the greater stopping performance demanded by the new generation of maxi-scooters.
Founded in the 1950s by Alessandro Barbero, Newfren were innovators and early adopters of a number of new brake technologies, such as bonded friction material, gravity and high pressure die casting and brake shoes without rivets.
The company is still in family ownership with Valter Barbero at the helm, and has just completed an 18 month multi-million Euro investment programme in new manufacturing technology at its 6,000 sqm facilty/10,000 sqm site at Cirie near Turin, where they make brake pads, brake shoes, backing plates, clutch plates and parts and brake discs and assemblies.
NEWFREN S.r.l.
www.newfren.it
