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What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:01 am
by 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
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:19 am
by Muttley McLadd
Twin leading shoe drum brake.
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:41 am
by onthelam
^ The trick bit will be figuring out which one? I'm hooked already.
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:18 am
by jonashford
I think its mickey Girvans scooter
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:18 am
by 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.
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:24 am
by Muttley McLadd
See also
here.
Some nice kit there.
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:07 am
by 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.
Re: What & Why
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:17 am
by Muttley McLadd
Does it affect the handling much, the extra weight?
Re: What & Why
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:03 pm
by Toot-oasc
Muttley McLadd wrote: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.
Re: What & Why
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:10 pm
by goldeneye
did he not do one for a series 2 as well? sure I remember shaun having one on a S2?
