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Brake upgrade recommendations

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#1 ·
I have an 1199S that I track regularly. I find the R1's brakes to be quite inferior in terms of feel and braking force. What can I swap my brakes out to to give me the same or better feel as the Ducati Brembos? Any vendor recommendations would help as well. Thanks
 
#14 ·
My .02:

EBC HH pads are great if you ride street and do and occasional trackday. I ran the HH's on my 07 when I had it and liked the linear feel they give to the brakes. I also ran the Motul brake fluid since I did the occasional trackday, otherwise just use a DOT 4.0 fluid for street.

Also front braided steel brake lines are a highly recommended mod, as I'm sure you already know.

After that, then it's swapping out the master cylinder like others mentioned.
 
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