February 3, 200917 yr ok have tried new original shoes and ebc shoes and brakes are still crap on my 200 are newfren grooved shoes any good? has the "I" cams everything else is as it should the back brake is pretty good to be honest as i have fitted a longer arm on the cam. the front is the larger reflex type which uses the larger 110mm brake. to have the shoes re=lined larger and machined back is over Edited February 3, 200917 yr by stump magnet
February 4, 200917 yr Author come on someone must have an opinion! will try the 2k hardener trick on the honda shoes (how does it work)
February 4, 200917 yr Get a 250 front hub they work a lot better. Forget the back brake, use the engine braking!
February 5, 200917 yr Make sure you use a genuine Honda front brake cable, I tried different shoes and found Honda shoes best, but the Honda cable will make the biggest improvement as they are thicker and don't stretch as much as pattern cables.
February 5, 200917 yr hey, idd only use honda brake cable there are the best sure the hub is not used out? i have stock honda brake and it works great the 250's brake is better than a 200's but a 200's should work to regards bob
February 5, 200917 yr Author cheers guys the reflex brake is the same diameter and uses the same shoes as the 250 where on earth can i get a new honda cable? david silver spares says there discontinued! who has em? Edited February 5, 200917 yr by stump magnet
February 6, 200917 yr I use a 1990 XR100 brake cable on a Reflex. It is a little shorter and gives a better feel.
February 7, 200917 yr When I was younger I had a gollner 200 mono and a fantic 200 and never had a problem with my brakes, I can only put this down to regular maintainance I think the shoes that were used was ebc. This will sound like a bit of a ball ache but the day before a trial I would remove both wheels clean out the hubs and wire brush shoes reasemble and adjust up but this would give almost as good as a disks of the time.
February 11, 200917 yr Gordon Farley (01483 538485) should be able to help with a genuine Honda cable they keep a good range of spares for TLR's
February 22, 200917 yr Author cable didnt make any diference but the trick with 2k hardener did! can pull stoppies now! + have dremmeled in a couplr of water grooves into the stock shoes and these seem to work well
February 26, 200917 yr Author get some 2 pack paint hardener lightly sand the shoes paint on the hardener leave to dry for a couple of days then lightly sand and replace somehow makes the brakes better
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