Jagbruno said:.....
Well dear Jim,
The only thing that could really improve my ride at this stage would be your light pistons, longer conrods and lighter distribution, feel free to sponsor me!
Actually, one of the only Nortons I know which is stronger than mine on the road (I am not talking about full race bikes) is my friend Yves' Seeley with all your goodies inside and fed by a pair of FCR 35's...
brxpb said:I reckon Rohan is Carbonfibre in disguise!
acotrel said:The TZ front brake is a very big backwards step - obviously done to suit some race class. I watched one of our A-grade riders out-brake several other guys on similar bikes to his TR3 Yamaha and about 3 of them crashed due to locking their drum brakes on different laps, at the end of the front straight at Calder Raceway. The A-grader had fitted a disc-brake front end off a Yamaha TX500 to his TR3. That drum brake looks magnificent - that is all that is good about it.
Theguys were crashing becaust they were trying to brake as late as the disc-braked bike. In the races you watched all thebikes probably had drum brakes. Themix is dangerous for the unsuspecting.lcrken said:acotrel said:The TZ front brake is a very big backwards step - obviously done to suit some race class. I watched one of our A-grade riders out-brake several other guys on similar bikes to his TR3 Yamaha and about 3 of them crashed due to locking their drum brakes on different laps, at the end of the front straight at Calder Raceway. The A-grader had fitted a disc-brake front end off a Yamaha TX500 to his TR3. That drum brake looks magnificent - that is all that is good about it.
Funny, I don't remember a rash of 7Z250 and 350 riders crashing their bikes because their drum front brakes locked up, back when they were a modern race bike. Must be my aging memory again. From your comments, I assume they must have been dropping like flies .
Drum brakes do require a little different technique for heavy braking than disks, but that's something racers at the time had no trouble coping with.
Ken
acotrel said:Themix is dangerous for the unsuspecting.