Pretech 6 pots

[Trirocket3]

Another opinion

 

[Joesmoe]

Impressive. Looks good to me. Ready when you are.

Thank you.

 

[cr0ft]

Yeah, the question becomes what the price is like. I have headlights and possibly McCruise already on the list, may have to line up a sale of a kidney or something...

 

[cr0ft]

urprising in many ways they're not chromed - maybe NISSIN (whoever) wasn't interested in making them.

Yeah, the black calipers look like ugh on the bike. Plus that they're just ugly in their own right. But there were many corners cut on the R3T, the handlebars are festooned with ugly, black, plasticky nonsense. You pretty much have to replace everything except the bar itself to get it to look good up there.

 

[1olbull]

The calliper mount basically rotates free on the axle and a rod goes to the frame. VERY VERY common on track bikes. And even on some more modern chassis road shaft drives.
Maybe something to think about Les? Slung down and a rod running to the chassis. I'll look and see if there is a suitable anchor point. But there has to be - one of the rear footrest bar mounts.

Thanx for your response.
Do you have a pix or can you refer me to a brand and model motor with this type of set up?

 

[barbagris]

Thanx for your response.
Do you have a pix or can you refer me to a brand and model motor with this type of set up?

http://www.vintagemotorcyclesonline...MOL wallpapers/david-mcmillan/guzzi-368-3.jpg

 

[1olbull]

http://www.vintagemotorcyclesonline.com/zenphoto/albums/VMOL wallpapers/david-mcmillan/guzzi-368-3.jpg

Thanx for the pix!
I now see said the blind man!
Not actually mounted, but linked to the frame.
I yet wonder how effective it would be with the calipers moving around on the rotor as the swing arm moves up and down?
Very interesting indeed.

 

[Triple Trouble]

Thanx for the pix!
I now see said the blind man!
Not actually mounted, but linked to the frame.
I yet wonder how effective it would be with the calipers moving around on the rotor as the swing arm moves up and down?
Very interesting indeed.

Imagine that the wheel is close to locking up under braking. Now picture the contact patch and see how it would move if the swing arm were to move 45 deg ( I know this is not possible but bear with me). That would slip or lose traction leading to a loss of braking. Now if the caliper were attached by a parallelogram link it's relationship with the contact patch would be constant no matter how much the swing arm moved. This gives better control. HTH

 

[1olbull]

Imagine that the wheel is close to locking up under braking. Now picture the contact patch and see how it would move if the swing arm were to move 45 deg ( I know this is not possible but bear with me). That would slip or lose traction leading to a loss of braking. Now if the caliper were attached by a parallelogram link it's relationship with the contact patch would be constant no matter how much the swing arm moved. This gives better control. HTH

Duk,
Pretty sure I follow your parallelogram analogy and I agree.
As shown in my following diagram, the axle, rotor and caliper do move forward and rearward as the suspension works.
The angles of the swing arm and link arm also change; however, IF the swing arm and link arm lengths are equal,
the relationship of the caliper to rotor remain the same. I stand corrected regarding this.

 

[vanguard138]

McCruise, is that what you have Watcher?