Subject: Re: Mi Guzzi F/U
Author: Eric Lamberts
Date: Oct 31, 2000, 9:20 PM
Post ID: 1703686503
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, tom emerson wrote:
| Eric, good brakes take three steps 1. get new brake linings as the old ones get hard and won't stop You can have them radiused,kind of a custom fit at most any brake shop 2. wirewheel the glaze off the drum' 3 Adjust the linkages correctly sas someone has described on the list. I can't remmember well enough the steps. 4. Forget you ever rode a bike with front discs. there aren't bad, theyre just not discs. Tom
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the bike. I've had 30 or so, mostly euro and british,
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Thanks for the information on how to get the most out of drums, but you
implied you were going to do something else to make the bike stop better.
Eric Lamberts ew-@unr.edu Reno, Nevada USA
It's hard to be too rich, too thin, or have too good brakes..
'99 Suzuki SV650, '72 Norton Interstate, '77 Triumph Bonneville Silver
Jubilee, '73 Moto Guzzi Eldorado, '76 Suzuki RE5, '84 Yamaha RZ350, '84
Yamaha SR500, '66 Suzuki X6. Buncha other stuff. R6 soon?