In a car, I take it out, and do a series of stops from 30 down to 0, working my way up in speed, until I can tell by smell and feel that they are hot, and clearly grabbing well. This often ends up with end of ABS-kicking in, but I try to avoid that (don't want ABS chattering on the new pads when that hot). So, on a bike, this seems a bit more dangerous than it is in a car, especially as the 3-5th stops tend to be dramatically sharper as things come up to temp and really start to cut and mate with each other (I also run Hawk HPS pads in the cars). On the bike, I'm upgrading from something unknown to EBC HH... And the current pads aren't working correctly (not biting like I think they should, and friends with far more experience than I that also ride the bike agree that the pads aren't doing their job). Further fun.. I live 1/2 mile up a 10-20% grade road, with switch-backs, and it's a single lane (but paved). Brand new tires, brand new brakes. At bottom of the hill, is Hwy9, which is wonderful and curvy and likes to throw squids off into the redwoods when they get out of line. My plan is to engine brake down the hill (what I normally do), in first, light on the brakes. Then ride it easy for 1-2 miles to get to a section with some nice long straights, and do the stop routines there. Or... Do I just ride "normally", and let them bed in over time?
