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Ok so here is what my brother says.
You can combine both front and rear brakes into the rear master cylinder (similar to every car on the road). The brake lines from the front would go directly to the rear using a banjo fitting and a longer banjo bolt. This would eliminate the front reservoir altogether. There are two options to make sure you have the correct front/rear brake bias. One is to use a thinner brake line up front and the stock in the rear. It forces more pressure up front and gives you close to a 60 front 40 rear split. The other option is to still use the rear master cylinder but use a proportioning valve so you can adjust the front/rear bias. We have a similar set up in our race car where we added a proportioning valve right next to the drivers seat that could be adjusted on the fly based on course conditions. Here is one example of my brothers work. This bike won 28 shows in a row including Rat's hole in Daytona. Built the bike and then Dave Perewitz painted it. Has had multiple articles written on it.
Wow! That bike looks amazing! They did a hell of a job on it!
And that's interesting, never thought of running both off of the rear master. It sounds pretty easy with a proportioning valve now that I think about it, that's similar to what I did when I converted my front drums to disk on the 55 Chieftain.
Thanks for the input, now it's time to get busy and figure the details out.
I missed this when it was posted, absolutely gorgeous bike and screw anyone who hates on it lol. Long as you like it and are happy with it, not much else matters.... That exhaust though... Wonder if anyone makes those pipes for a crossbones?
The muffler or the full set? The muffler is an EL model reproduction, just takes a little hi temp grease and a rubber mallet to get it on. The pipes were cut and welded back together to get the heat shields on them.
The muffler or the full set? The muffler is an EL model reproduction, just takes a little hi temp grease and a rubber mallet to get it on. The pipes were cut and welded back together to get the heat shields on them.
The whole set honestly. The muffler lines are great and the ridges on the heat shields just gives it a look that you won't see in anything else now'a'days.
Will have to do some searching for the repro muffler
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