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If you want a cheaper way of having very good brakes do it the way I did.
I installed a 12mm Brembo master cylinder with my otherwise stock brake. This change in area of the master cylinder makes a huge difference and I wonder why it was not made this way in the first place. The change gives you about 36% more brake pressure with the same amount of effort from your hand. It is very powerful, it feels more like double than only 36%. Also the wooden feel of the brake is changed to a nice soft feel. I have never had any problem with it fading. I have ridden mountain passes two up with luggage with no brake fade. I ride fast, but I don't use the brakes that hard really. The master cylinder only cost about $120.00. I got an old brake lever, ground the lever perch off, filled it a bit with weld polished it, and now it makes a nice holder for the original Lucas switchgear. The switchgear fits in between the master cylinder and the grip. Now days most bikes are made with the master cylinder and the switch gear as two separate pieces.
Nigel
I installed a 12mm Brembo master cylinder with my otherwise stock brake. This change in area of the master cylinder makes a huge difference and I wonder why it was not made this way in the first place. The change gives you about 36% more brake pressure with the same amount of effort from your hand. It is very powerful, it feels more like double than only 36%. Also the wooden feel of the brake is changed to a nice soft feel. I have never had any problem with it fading. I have ridden mountain passes two up with luggage with no brake fade. I ride fast, but I don't use the brakes that hard really. The master cylinder only cost about $120.00. I got an old brake lever, ground the lever perch off, filled it a bit with weld polished it, and now it makes a nice holder for the original Lucas switchgear. The switchgear fits in between the master cylinder and the grip. Now days most bikes are made with the master cylinder and the switch gear as two separate pieces.
Nigel