What & Why

[Train Driver]

I found these pictures on my phone







I can't remember taking them but would like to know what they are and why it was done

[Muttley McLadd]

Twin leading shoe drum brake.

[onthelam]

^ The trick bit will be figuring out which one? I'm hooked already.

[jonashford]

I think its mickey Girvans scooter

[coaster]

I don't know his name but I spoke to him at Mersey last year or the year before. It is indeed a twin leading she drum brake adapted from a British bike, possibly Bonneville or Norton.

[Muttley McLadd]

See also here.

Some nice kit there.

[Toot-oasc]

It was a one-off, done by Shaun Burns, for Mike Gervin's 60's S-Type.

It works extremely well, but is naturally heavier that any standard looking front disk brake.

[Muttley McLadd]

Does it affect the handling much, the extra weight?

[Toot-oasc]

Does it affect the handling much, the extra weight?

Mike says it is heavier, but feels more 'sure' into corners.

Just order a steering damper stabiliser for him, he's going to fit it and see how the bike feels.

[goldeneye]

did he not do one for a series 2 as well? sure I remember shaun having one on a S2?