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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
front brake upgrades
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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Fisher" data-source="post: 14625" data-attributes="member: 510"><p>I have the new brakes fitted to my '52 shadow and have covered about 2-3000 miles with them. My original brakes were alarmingly bad, but they were not in good condition, I did fit new shoes etc which improved matters but I still didn't have a lot of confidence so I took the plunge. The first effect after fitting was the replacement of the sponginess and "lever back to the bar" effect with a solid but somewhat wooden feel and a slight improvement in braking performance. Over time however the woodeness has gone and the brakes have plenty of feel, the braking performance has improved significantly and the nice part is that they are very progressive. These brakes are not incredible in terms of power but they are good and the behave very predictably and are a big improvement over the originals. The other observation I have made is that because the forks don't dive it actually fools you into thinking that the brakes are less powerful, I guess because I rde my egli a lot I'm used to the dive effect on braking so you get more of dramatic brake feedback, but on the shadow it is simply a lack of drama...the brakes work well.</p><p> The other thing to remember is that there is no room for the wheel nuts, you have to shim everything. Make sure the new drums have a groove machined into the back wall, otherwise the shoe pivots will touch the drum. A friend of mine had these grooves in his already but mine didn't so I had them machined in. You can't do it all with shims because you'll be splaying the fork blades and believe me, they don't want to be splayed and will fight you all the way! All in all though a really good modification with the added bonus that they are beautifully made and look great, yet still "period".</p><p>FAB!</p><p>thanks</p><p>mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Fisher, post: 14625, member: 510"] I have the new brakes fitted to my '52 shadow and have covered about 2-3000 miles with them. My original brakes were alarmingly bad, but they were not in good condition, I did fit new shoes etc which improved matters but I still didn't have a lot of confidence so I took the plunge. The first effect after fitting was the replacement of the sponginess and "lever back to the bar" effect with a solid but somewhat wooden feel and a slight improvement in braking performance. Over time however the woodeness has gone and the brakes have plenty of feel, the braking performance has improved significantly and the nice part is that they are very progressive. These brakes are not incredible in terms of power but they are good and the behave very predictably and are a big improvement over the originals. The other observation I have made is that because the forks don't dive it actually fools you into thinking that the brakes are less powerful, I guess because I rde my egli a lot I'm used to the dive effect on braking so you get more of dramatic brake feedback, but on the shadow it is simply a lack of drama...the brakes work well. The other thing to remember is that there is no room for the wheel nuts, you have to shim everything. Make sure the new drums have a groove machined into the back wall, otherwise the shoe pivots will touch the drum. A friend of mine had these grooves in his already but mine didn't so I had them machined in. You can't do it all with shims because you'll be splaying the fork blades and believe me, they don't want to be splayed and will fight you all the way! All in all though a really good modification with the added bonus that they are beautifully made and look great, yet still "period". FAB! thanks mark [/QUOTE]
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