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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
(Front) Brake improvements
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<blockquote data-quote="DucATIRadeon" data-source="post: 174201" data-attributes="member: 5456"><p>hi ericg, I can't speak for French townships and cities, however Dutch roads are getting more crowded and filled with busy lunatics than ever before. even in the northern province where I live, our "empty quarter" it can still be busy with similar lunatics and ever increasing road population. Netherlands is already small compared to UK and DE and FR, even with Portugal and Belgium!</p><p></p><p>I changed the 2LS drum on the Enfield Bullet to a later disc version (as found on the efi Enfields), glad I did as its the daily of the bike stable. that drukwrake didn't work as the Indian quality casting of the braking plate was chickenfeed to start with (it flexed already under load before actually braking!). missus on the back lost 8 out of 9 lives whilst breaking for a junction, and we wasn't going fast at all (a bit like jogging pace).</p><p></p><p>so yes I still prefer improving the <em>stock</em> brakes to keep its original appearance rather than fitting a disc brake.</p><p>I will admit: if the Vin was going to be used a lot more (i.e. the Enfield and Ducati bevel were out of service for a considerable while) I'd seriously consider looking into disc conversion!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DucATIRadeon, post: 174201, member: 5456"] hi ericg, I can't speak for French townships and cities, however Dutch roads are getting more crowded and filled with busy lunatics than ever before. even in the northern province where I live, our "empty quarter" it can still be busy with similar lunatics and ever increasing road population. Netherlands is already small compared to UK and DE and FR, even with Portugal and Belgium! I changed the 2LS drum on the Enfield Bullet to a later disc version (as found on the efi Enfields), glad I did as its the daily of the bike stable. that drukwrake didn't work as the Indian quality casting of the braking plate was chickenfeed to start with (it flexed already under load before actually braking!). missus on the back lost 8 out of 9 lives whilst breaking for a junction, and we wasn't going fast at all (a bit like jogging pace). so yes I still prefer improving the [I]stock[/I] brakes to keep its original appearance rather than fitting a disc brake. I will admit: if the Vin was going to be used a lot more (i.e. the Enfield and Ducati bevel were out of service for a considerable while) I'd seriously consider looking into disc conversion! [/QUOTE]
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