Front brake upgrade ideas please!
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Maybe not, but I can remember when you could buy a decent Panhead for less than a new Sportster. Most of us wish we would have bought several.
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I didn't say cut the neck off and rake it but Im all for reverseable mods, stash the original parts away. Safety matters (to me anyway) and back when you could get a pan for $20 the roads were much more safe.
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except he rode that bike last year cross country in the early bike outing - you still have to go 55 / 60 to keep up and the distance is not way shorter riding local
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HP has nothing to do with speed and braking, stopping from 55 MPH is the same regardless of how long it took you to get to 55 MPH. Like a stock Shovel is fast!??!?!?!
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carry on...Without me.. Oh and You figger out how to Pass...I left on Time....
Edit; Not all that many years ago..we riding in a Large Pack.. me with my 2 stock Banana's.. fairly sudden slow down, some Asshat on a then Brand New FLHT, plows our ***...couldnt Stop!!!! Yea.. it was post 2000 bike so Decent Brakes... The Rider is always Suspect!!!!
Last edited by Racepres; Sep 13, 2024 at 07:42 AM.
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I'll rephrase it. A mechanical front drum brake on a 300HP or 18HP bike isn't good enough for the way I ride my bikes.
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Or as the joke went when I was racing "Who needs brakes, they only slow you down!"
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