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chrissoz

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I am using Wolfgang's rear brake adaptor with some Tomaselli Tarozzi folding rearesets. Everything goes together OK but I now do not have enough length in the adjuster barrel to take up the slack in the rear cable. Is it usual to have to get a different rear brake cable to do this or am I getting something wrong - does anyone have a photo of what this setup is meant to look like?

Thanks

Chris
 
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Installed some rearsets on my 3C which I won't be using in the end. They need a shorter cable. If the cable for the 750 rearsets takes off from the pedal, a shorter cable will be needed as well. There's not much scope for adjustment in those rear brake cables anyway.

Paul
 
Very easy to shorten a cable end and silver solder a new nipple on. Or install an in-line adjuster extender (like a clutch perch system with the slot).
 
Thanks everyone - Marty - yes there are ferrules on both ends of the outer. Sounds like I need a similar cable with a shorter inner - routing looks OK so I don't think outer looks too bad.

I am a little wary about re soldering a brake cable - lots of force and consequences compared to throttle and choke cables. Will have a poke around for an in line adjuster until I can get a new cable. Anyone know when DAM is back on line?

Thanks

Chris
 
All you need is a spacer to sit in between the adjuster and cable outer.
This sort of thing:
www.ebay.com.au

TRIUMPH CLUTCH CABLE ADAPTER ABUTMENT SPACER SHORT LONG 57-2062 57-1645 57-2063 | eBay Australia

Total length: 1/2" short one and 7/8" long one. Short part number:57-2062, T2062, 57-1645, T1645, 68-3263 (quantity of 2).
www.ebay.com.au

The above are for clutch cables, so you might need something bigger for your rear brake cable. If you can't find anything suitable, it's a simple job to turn one up on a lathe.
 
Dellortoman said:
All you need is a spacer to sit in between the adjuster and cable outer.
This sort of thing:
www.ebay.com.au

TRIUMPH CLUTCH CABLE ADAPTER ABUTMENT SPACER SHORT LONG 57-2062 57-1645 57-2063 | eBay Australia

Total length: 1/2" short one and 7/8" long one. Short part number:57-2062, T2062, 57-1645, T1645, 68-3263 (quantity of 2).
www.ebay.com.au

The above are for clutch cables, so you might need something bigger for your rear brake cable. If you can't find anything suitable, it's a simple job to turn one up on a lathe.
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The rear brake cable is at the top end of the spectrum as far as thickness goes, 4mm. Most of the standard stuff doesn't suit such a thick cable.

Paul
 
Had another look at this last night - with the cable adjuster at it full extent and the rear set linkage at it shortest I think can get good brake action. Will put it all back together and take it for a test ride and see. Then have some time to order up a new cable with better length - probably a custom made one from Conwire. Chris
 
Paul Marx said:
The rear brake cable is at the top end of the spectrum as far as thickness goes, 4mm. Most of the standard stuff doesn't suit such a thick cable.

Paul
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Reckon there's enough meat on those to drill to 4mm. And if a rear brake cable goes Chris, you're not really losing much in terms of stopping power anyway!! Would never risk a front drum cable.
 
I really appreciated my front BREV Drums in the rain at night negotiating 200 miles at night in the rain - Better then any disk combination in my opinion.

Granted disks where better in dry hot weather. Disks are dangerous in the rain when you want to go home.

Seems to me there was always a dark cloud, even on a clear day, that followed me around when ever I fired up my Breganzie "The Rain Maker" LOL

Did a lot of racing from clouds with my Motorcycles.
 
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Paul Marx said:
The rear brake cable is at the top end of the spectrum as far as thickness goes, 4mm. Most of the standard stuff doesn't suit such a thick cable.
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Simple enough to turn one up on a lathe. I'd be happy to do it but I don't have a Laverda rear brake cable to work with, so I'd need a dimensioned drawing of the spacer.
 
Piranah-bro - you are getting your Chris's mixed up - I am ChrisS in Sydney and have much humbler aims than ChrisK! Just an SF1 I am trying out with rear sets not some SFC beating missile like ChrisK is building.
 
Dellortoman - Thanks for the offer - I have a mate with a full machine shop so if I need to go in that direction I will run the bike over there and play on his lathes. I am still thinking a custom cable is a neater solution - will get some quotes in.
 
Chris maybe take the cable you have to Conwire as an example, I went through 3 or 4 trips to get an exselotator cable from them for my Pantah. I make detail sketches heaps for work but just couldn't get what I needed though to them. Good in the end though.
 
chrissoz said:
Piranah-bro - you are getting your Chris's mixed up - I am ChrisS in Sydney and have much humbler aims than ChrisK! Just an SF1 I am trying out with rear sets not some SFC beating missile like ChrisK is building.
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Ah! I thought CK must have changed his moniker when we went to the new website, but really, I'm just stupid o_O

I knew he was making some sort of new beast - makes more sense now.

When I was poor (most of my younger days!) I improved my SF1 ergonomics by rotating the std pegs back and up on the splines, chopping the foot plate off the brake pedal and rebrazing at a shorter length. Then made a bracket and pivot for the gear lever, mounted from the swingarm axle and a simple rod to reach a stub gear lever on the motor - a thousand times better than the std chimp setup.
 
Laverda SF said:
I really appreciated my front BREV Drums in the rain at night negotiating 200 miles at night in the rain - Better then any disk combination in my opinion.

Granted disks where better in dry hot weather. Disks are dangerous in the rain when you want to go home.

Seems to me there was always a dark cloud, even on a clear day, that followed me around when ever I fired up my Breganzie "The Rain Maker" LOL

Did a lot of racing from clouds with my Motorcycles.
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Yes, those undrilled discs are scary in the wet.

Paul
 
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