3CL rear brake lever side?

[someguyinohio]

Hi everyone.
Happy to own what I believe is a dog eared ?76 3CL #3580 with rear disc brake. Needs many many parts among them both foot pedals and all linkage are missing. I can?t tell if the brake pedal is on the right ? This is the same side as the master brake cylinder.
QUESTION.
Is it true that which ever side the rear master brake cylinder - is - the same side as the brake pedal?

I would think for the brakes you wouldn?t want the clumsiness and fallibility of connecting rods etc. moving the actuator to the other side ?

Mine has the Rear master cyl on the right. But then they moved the tranny lever to the left with the cross frame tubing / arm assembly which I have. ?

Trying to understand this bike. I see the rear master cylinder on 
both sides...

Thanks all.

 

[Dellortoman]

Yep, if the master cylinder is on the right, that's the side the brake pedal would have originally been on. You also have the cross-over gear linkage, which makes sense if it's an original import into USA (left side gearshift was a USA requirement).

Being an early 1976 bike, I suspect yours would have originally had the standard forward footrests (not Jota rearsets) when it left the factory.

The cross-over gear linkage can be made to work very well. I have exactly the same setup on my 1976 3CL/Jota and the gearshift is not at all loose or vague. The rear brake is a little less effective of you have rearsets, but still can be made to work OK with a bit of tweaking.

It sounds like you've acquired an interesting project.

 

[Jod]

I've 3586 which I bought from USA. Only 6 bikes away from yours...

Happy to send you some pictures of the brakes etc if you like.

John