Velocity stack/ham can

The front brakes are good - I have the CNW Brembo master cylinder and the OEM Lockheed caliper with a ventilated disc. Great lever feel and plenty of stopping power, the limit is the front tire's traction (Avon Roadrunner). The rear...well it's pretty poor - way too much pedal travel before anything happens which basically means I run out of foot movement before I can get a serious rear braking. I have to have a lot of free play to avoid the brake dragging and melted cush-drive rubbers. I've futzed around a lot with rear axle tightening - using every method described to try and center the shoes but nothing has really been able to get it to the minimum free play in the pedal that I prefer.

I too melted the cush rubbers after installing new drum and shoes .... took some fettling but got it right, with excellent rear brake action and correct brake pedal position .... have you tried DogT 's method with the sand paper ? ... it cool that the stacks gave you more get up !

No, I haven't tried the sandpaper but I guess I will at some point. But we're leaving Mexico (and the Norton) on Sunday and won't be back until December so the rear brake project will have to wait until then.

Did 150 miles today with the stacks. Bike ran great but spark plugs still show too lean. 260's are the largest jets I have so any further change will have to wait 'till we come back in December. As I said, bike ran great but it still wasn't quite able to reel in the V4 Panigale in our group! That was a good roadside pic - a 45+ year old Norton (with 60 year old engine technology and maybe 45HP) next to a current 215HP techno-wonder.