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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Tuning Front Brakes?
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<blockquote data-quote="piggywig" data-source="post: 1934" data-attributes="member: 350"><p><strong>Tuning Front Brakes</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Stuart,</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> Thanks for posting the result of all the brake work, seems a high standard of care and attention to all related parts has brought a just reward. Perhaps when all is nicely bedded and front tyre rubber is being left on the tarmac you can do the regulation test beloved of the 50's testers, of stopping below 30 ft from 30 M.P.H. (Assuming a large truck is not following)! The result can become The Vincent Standard, as "good brakes" can mean all things to all people! </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> I have been using a more radical solution as per my previous posting, but may be well worth another try at a standard setup with all the new found knowledge. Already there must numerous owners with better brakes due to this thread having been a magnet for a gathering of the collective wisdom of the 'Vincent family'.Thanks all.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> Col.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="piggywig, post: 1934, member: 350"] [b]Tuning Front Brakes[/b] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Stuart,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] Thanks for posting the result of all the brake work, seems a high standard of care and attention to all related parts has brought a just reward. Perhaps when all is nicely bedded and front tyre rubber is being left on the tarmac you can do the regulation test beloved of the 50's testers, of stopping below 30 ft from 30 M.P.H. (Assuming a large truck is not following)! The result can become The Vincent Standard, as "good brakes" can mean all things to all people! [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] I have been using a more radical solution as per my previous posting, but may be well worth another try at a standard setup with all the new found knowledge. Already there must numerous owners with better brakes due to this thread having been a magnet for a gathering of the collective wisdom of the 'Vincent family'.Thanks all.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] Col.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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