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BSA brake conversion

Postby Peter Balfour » Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:40 am

I have been racing my B50 for 7 years and one issue I always had was front brake fade with the original drum. The brake works well but on short tight tracks I would get fade even with better pads.
So, a few years ago I purchased a suzuki dls brake at a local swap meet with hopes of installing it on my B50. Well, this winter I finally got working on the conversion. This turned out to be a lot more work than predicted but I'm pretty happy with the results. Thanks to Ray Roberts for the machining help with the forks and drum. The big brake should slow down the little B50 :).

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'71 BSA B50 P1-500
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Re: BSA brake conversion

Postby bwaller » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:11 pm

Good work Peter, that looks very business like.
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Re: BSA brake conversion

Postby MGill » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:58 pm

Looks awesome!
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Re: BSA brake conversion

Postby Rick Yates » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:20 pm

Nice work Peter!
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Re: BSA brake conversion

Postby Fastfearnie88 » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:00 pm

JFL Peter.
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