Brakes Just Wondering

Kick start and electric. I bought it back during covid. It had supposedly been completely rebuilt. Quickly realised the guy hadn't a fkn clue what he was doing.ps the pic is from 45years ago. View attachment 179135 so off it went for a 3year rebuild..decided to do everything. Don't ask the cost but I will never get back half of what I've shelled out, but I love it.its seen a slightly damp sponge

 

My first “learner” bike was a DT250MX trail bike with drum brakes and 70’s spec dual sport tyres so braking and road grip weren’t exactly benchmark but then, on bikes designed for off road riding, brake feel is more important than 2 finger, wheel locking capability. Despite that I don’t recall thinking the brakes were a weak point of the bike.
The brakes on my current Husaberg FE570 dirt bike are perfect off road and adequate on road, not helped by the huge suspension travel but the super motard version of the bike, the FS570 with same engine spec has different forks, sticky road tyres, a 320mm front disc and 4 pot calliper with stopping power to rival any superbike, courtesy of a dry weight of 117kg.
My 2nd, post test machine was a Z1300 no less and I never had any issues with the brakes (twin discs, 2 pot callipers) on that either but I was more of a cruiser/poseur back then and the big Z was hardly a scratchers tool anyway!

 

@Pedro1340 What a beautiful bike.

 

Thanks joe, makes me smile when I take the cover off in the garage,,the gt pro makes me smile when im riding it..

 

@Pedro1340 It makes me smile and i don't even own one.

 

Well I’m just a kid at 70 and I think the rear brake on the T120 sucks. I’ll be making an upgrade over the winter months. I’ll start with better pads, but might just swap it out for a Brembo.

 

Hi Gordon.
I too find my brand new T120 rear brake weak. Quite heavy when compared to my BM GS 1200.
What pads will you consider using to improve things? Much easier than a caliper change.

Cheers.
RB