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Dan505
12-07-12, 03:17 PM
Anybody else seen this setup of two calipers on the rear disc - opposite each other?

spudgun
12-07-12, 03:20 PM
only on "stunt" bikes

Dan505
12-07-12, 05:59 PM
whats the benefit other than extra bite?

Col
13-07-12, 03:02 AM
May have been tried experimentally but the dynamics of motorcycle movement makes it pretty pointless as the greater stopping power is from the front brakes :)

Jon_W
13-07-12, 07:52 AM
Nope. As Col says, pretty pointless.

Kevinb
13-07-12, 08:37 AM
Originally motorbikes & cars only had rear drums even some of the fearsome Brooklands racers. The 24 Litre Napier that set rocords around the track and then was used to test parachutes only had rear drums. They definately had balls in the past.
Thank God things have moved on.

Dan505
13-07-12, 10:07 AM
cheers peeps :)