All Ferodo street pads now R90 accredited
Ferodo has announced that all its road use motorcycle brake pads have now received ECE R90 certification.
This regulation is a legal requirement for brake pads that are fitted to L1-L2-L3-L4-L5 vehicles (two and three wheels). The R90 requirement applies to all such vehicles that were homologated since the Euro 4 specification (October 2016) that are used on European Union public highways.
For Ferodo this is the final stage in a journey that began with R90 certification for its 'EF' scooter brake pad compound. R90 is a state-of-the-art regulatory assurance of quality and safety for dealers and riders. It requires brake pads to be tested in a dynamometer that is instrumented for continuous recording of rotative speed, brake torque, brake line pressure, braking time and brake rotor temperature.
The brake pads are divided into three categories - A, B and C - depending on the area of the friction material, and all compounds are tested individually. All vehicles recommended for the specific brake pad compound must be calculated according to the kinetic energy to find the most severe vehicle for testing.
This way all compounds and vehicles are checked, and the most severe combinations tested on track for the consumer to get a very safe and secure product.
The tests required by R90 include bedding, performance check, brake tests, cold performance equivalence and speed sensitivity tests. Under R90, replacement brake pads and brake shoes are permitted to deviate from the frictional characteristics of their original equipment counterparts by not more than 15%. ECE R90 requires correct marking of the products and sealed, tamper-evident packaging.
Factory and test equipment approval are also part of the R90 homologation. It involves engineers accrediting the factory.
Seen here, the new Ferodo/Champion Moto Racing catalogue details all the current Ferodo and Champion products available for circuit, Motard, Off-Road and Trials applications.
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