first evaliution on my TD Yam 260mm front drum

Before I was using an RGM 12 inches front disc and was very happy with this kit but my dream was to have a giant drum brake
You must know the 3 important things to me on my Seeley Codo: power, reability and look.
Power is OK, reability is OK, but the look is not OK so far.
I save every $ to buy the drum, it's not an original Yamaha but a replica made by Laszlo in Hungary
Lot of my friends says : you are craizy, this drum is very brutal and you will lock your weel at the first pannick bracking
Well friends forget this legent, with the modern tyres with modern compound it don't happens!
The drum brake as good as my RGM disc, jou just need to put more power on the brake lever.
Of course I adapt the brake lever to my short fingers and made perfect adjustement on the four LS
and everithing is going well so far even in the rain.
The quality of the Hungarian is good, it's progressive and power full and what a look!
I must correct one thing: every brake shoe is mouving on a axel on one side and on a cam on the other side, and here is the small problem I have:
The first time I was riding the bike to brake in the brake, it same that Jimmy Hendricks was in the drum, playing "Stars and Stripes" at Woodstock, even when not braking
So I take the weel out and discover that one of the shoes was not in line with the drum, the reason was that tha axle of the shoe was not at 90°,
I put the axle out, (it's pressed in the casting) put Loctide "Sleeve end bearing" on it, put it back in the casting at 90°, problem solved!
I am 66 years old and the look become moor important to me, the next steps will be an Ceriani GP fork and a Yamaha TD rear brake but first I have to save the money
Yves

yves norton seeley said:

... the next steps will be an Ceriani GP fork and a Yamaha TD rear brake but first I have to save the money
Yves

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Hehe, I was planning on the same trip... Perhaps we should meet once, Belgium and France are not so far away.

I must say, the bike is absolutely stunning.

Yves, thanks for posting, good looking bike/
Chrome or ceramic type coating on the header pipes?
Regards Mike

NKN said:

yves norton seeley said:

... the next steps will be an Ceriani GP fork and a Yamaha TD rear brake but first I have to save the money
Yves

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Hehe, I was planning on the same trip... Perhaps we should meet once, Belgium and France are not so far away.

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Quant tu veux l'ami

Brooking 850 said:

Yves, thanks for posting, good looking bike/
Chrome or ceramic type coating on the header pipes?
Regards Mike

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Chrome on the header pipes and black chrome on the two in one

Yes it is a good look indeed. We have been seeing and reading about your beautiful bike and I am pleased that you are a forum member here and are writing in.
Lance

In this photo, I am about 2 seconds away from getting launched. I couldn't stop the bike at the end of the straight and that is why I am cursing. I had the lever pulled in to the bar when the leader heated up and locked the brake. You will be alright as long as you use very hard linings and don't race the bike. Your problem with the axle being skew in the backing plate is typical of drum brakes - you need to go right through it and get it perfect.

A friend of mine once said 'every time we fall off we could be killed'. I never thought of racing that way, however there is some truth in it. Your drum brake looks excellent.

acotrel said:

In this photo, I am about 2 seconds away from getting launched. I couldn't stop the bike at the end of the straight and that is why I am cursing. I had the lever pulled in to the bar when the leader heated up and locked the brake. You will be alright as long as you use very hard linings and don't race the bike. Your problem with the axle being skew in the backing plate is typical of drum brakes - you need to go right through it and get it perfect.

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I wil keep the original liners from the Hungarian,
they same to be very good for streer use, some racing riders says to change it for racing ones, but they need to warm up to be usefull an that will never happens on the normal road

Brooking 850 said:

Yves, thanks for posting, good looking bike/
Chrome or ceramic type coating on the header pipes?
Regards Mike

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Hi Mike, is Ginger Molloy still a live, I remember him as a fabulous pilot on his Kawa H1R, finishing second from the world championship

When I say the look is very important to me, I speak about the bike, not for myself, like you can see on the pic i need a serious restoration to
Yves

grandpaul said:

I must say, the bike is absolutely stunning.

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Thanks grandpaul
Yves

Yves, that is a beautiful bike. It is a real achievement on your part. May you be riding it in twenty years.

Fullauto said:

Yves, that is a beautiful bike. It is a real achievement on your part. May you be riding it in twenty years.

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Of course a Fullauto is a part of the achievement, your head is a must
yves

yves norton seeley said:

NKN said:

yves norton seeley said:

... the next steps will be an Ceriani GP fork and a Yamaha TD rear brake but first I have to save the money
Yves

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Hehe, I was planning on the same trip... Perhaps we should meet once, Belgium and France are not so far away.

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Quant tu veux l'ami

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Ahh ces belges, plus j'en connais plus je les apprécie. Je passe en MP pour la suite :wink:

NKN said:

... the next steps will be an Ceriani GP fork and a Yamaha TD rear brake but first I have to save the money
Yves


Hehe, I was planning on the same trip... Perhaps we should meet once, Belgium and France are not so far away.

Quant tu veux l'ami

Ahh ces belges, plus j'en connais plus je les apprécie. Je passe en MP pour la suite :wink:

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Plus on est de fous...héhéhé! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

The drum brake looks fantastic sir, well done!

Before you splash your cash on Ceriani forks, you might want to check out Maxton. They make Ceriani replica forks, but of FAR superior quality and performance.

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Ahh ces belges, plus j'en connais plus je les apprécie. Je passe en MP pour la suite :wink:

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Funny language :wink: ? Fantastic bike Yves, congrats !. I have to admit, I am jealous. :roll:

yves norton seeley said:

When I say the look is very important to me, I speak about the bike, not for myself, like you can see on the pic i need a serious restoration to
Yves

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You're funny Yves! Hey the way I see it, the one wouldn't be the same without the other What a truly magnificent machine you have built there, and that front brake looks to be the icing on the cake :mrgreen: Thanks for posting.