Well

Jean

Front wheel of a motorcycle?












Or one of those chopper style "internal brake" hubs?

Jeandr wrote:

Well

Jean

Ex-flattracker with a higher than normal deathwish on the street?

Close up of front wheel of Peter Fonda's bike from Easy Rider?

Jean,
that's a cobblers dream.
Marshal

Electric motor.

A 'brake' from a Prius?

It is a special brake the French came up with in the 70 -ties.
It's hydraulically operated .
The 2 sides of the hub are the slave cylinders .
works like a disk brake .
I have seen it only once or twice , long ago .
can't remember the name ..

I was going to make a wild guess that it was a hydraulic brake of some sort...

Seems like it would be hard to disapate heat. Maybe that's why there aren't more of them around?

ludwig wrote:It is a special brake the French came up with in the 70 -ties.
It's hydraulically operated .
The 2 sides of the hub are the slave cylinders .
works like a disk brake .
I have seen it only once or twice , long ago .
can't remember the name ..

That's it, now find the name.

Jean

Luchier ?

I think 79X100 is correct :
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79x100 wrote:Luchier ?

-Ring-a-ding-ding, we have a winner It is indeed a Luchier front brake, the owner reported it was very strong and progressive. Very similar to this: http://www.360brake.com/

Check the beautiful bike it was on:


Unfortunately, he was cut off by a kid on a 1198 Duck who missed a turn and this was the outcome:


He has started collecting parts to rebuild it, unfortunately, the front brake is a total loss.

Jean

It is indeed a Luchier front brake, the owner reported it was very strong and progressive.

Maybe not as strong and progressive as it needed to be?