Subject: RE: The Eldo has landed....
Author: Jesse Open
Date: Oct 22, 2003, 3:13 PM
Post ID: 1714959722
Could be a lot better off without the added weight and complication of
the second disc. A smaller front master cylinder will make for a lot
more brake power with less effort .
I have an 850T with the smaller MC and love the brake power AND the
improved ride and steerabilty over the HEAVY dual disc setup of the T3
type . It is truly amazing how much better the steering and ride is !
Lannis Selz wrote:
...right in my shop. A really pretty blue-and-cream two tone 1975 Eldorado with a sprung solo saddle from Washington State. Picked it up at the Richmond, VA ForwardAir terminal tonight (they were open at 10:00 PM!!) courtesy of Greg Field who took a lot of his own time shipping it for me, and am charging the battery tonight prepatory to gassing it up tomorrow and trying it out. Already planning on things to do to it. Change the ten-year-old 110-profile Avons to 120s, put the stock airbox back on it instead of the K&Ns, find a way to mount a second solo seat and backrest (I bought it for my wife to two-up with me!), find some period hard bags for it...it has a sprung solo seat, windshield, footboards, police bars, and crash bars but no bags. And speaking of disk brakes, it looks like a second disk and caliper would bolt right onto it; the bosses are already there on the fork leg. I'll have to look and see how the wheel is set up, and whether a disk would bolt right on to it, or maybe someone already knows. (I just realized that I have only read the 4-valve paragraphs in Guzziology; I'll have to read the rest of it now.) Ron K was speaking of a bigger master cylinder for double disks....do you have to adapt one off a modern bike or is there one made for this app.? Looks like it's going to be a lot of fun and a good stablemate for the Centauro. Lannis |