March 17, 20179 yr Looks tidy. I had one of these new in 1981, pulled my arms out & had the turning circle of a super tanker.
March 17, 20179 yr 20 minutes ago, perce said: Looks tidy. I had one of these new in 1981, pulled my arms out & had the turning circle of a super tanker. And roughly the same stopping distance in anything but Saharan weather conditions!!!!!
March 18, 20179 yr 17 hours ago, cornishtwinspring said: And roughly the same stopping distance in anything but Saharan weather conditions!!!!! Did any twinshock have brakes that worked?
March 18, 20179 yr 2 hours ago, perce said: Did any twinshock have brakes that worked? Yep, I had a new TLR250 in Feb 86,that had very good brakes,pretty good when wet too. Shame the engine fell apart after 22 trials...
March 19, 20179 yr On 18/03/2017 at 4:26 PM, perce said: Did any twinshock have brakes that worked? Hmm as jon said the Hondas were good & the grimecas on the fantics/beta etc weren't bad though not like the Hondas.
March 19, 20179 yr 3 hours ago, cornishtwinspring said: Hmm as jon said the Hondas were good & the grimecas on the fantics/beta etc weren't bad though not like the Hondas. Exactly, had a brand new 241 Clubman - the mono with drums in 1987. Brakes were fine when dry,rubbish in the wet... Big end went on that after 18 months.Have never had any luck with new bikes,bought a well abused Yam TY250R after that - couldn't break it !
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