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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Eight inch brake ?
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 94598" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>I have a good customer who has a 68 BSA Lightning that has been in his family since new, and I have done quite a lot of work on it for him as he has no mechanical knowledge. This has the twin leader 8 inch brake standard to most like it from that era and the last of drum brakes before early 70's Triumph's and Norton's went to disc's. Even though it does not have the weight of a Vincent it pulls up extremely well especially if the rear brake is used as well. No wonder the early racers used two of them back to back which would work quite well except for the heat build up in the drums. To me this is the kind of braking design to look at, and especially if you went up to the 8 inch brake instead of the 7's. To me no matter what you do, a 7 inch brake on a large bike like a Vincent is too small. I know Vincent Speet's brakes are excellent, but the same in an 8 inch brake especially if alloy drums with iron insert would be fabulous brakes for a Vincent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 94598, member: 597"] I have a good customer who has a 68 BSA Lightning that has been in his family since new, and I have done quite a lot of work on it for him as he has no mechanical knowledge. This has the twin leader 8 inch brake standard to most like it from that era and the last of drum brakes before early 70's Triumph's and Norton's went to disc's. Even though it does not have the weight of a Vincent it pulls up extremely well especially if the rear brake is used as well. No wonder the early racers used two of them back to back which would work quite well except for the heat build up in the drums. To me this is the kind of braking design to look at, and especially if you went up to the 8 inch brake instead of the 7's. To me no matter what you do, a 7 inch brake on a large bike like a Vincent is too small. I know Vincent Speet's brakes are excellent, but the same in an 8 inch brake especially if alloy drums with iron insert would be fabulous brakes for a Vincent. [/QUOTE]
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