Topic: cb500/4 front wheel

[florence]

further to my question about twin discs, has anyone sucessfully put a wheel with a twin leading shoe drum brake into a cb500/4 or cb550? and if so what did you use and how good is it?  i used to have a bike (cb350k) with a TLS drum brake years ago and it was excellent and would lock the front wheel if pulled hard which is something my current disc brake will never do.  I know it might seem like a retrograde step but i'm sure it could work.

[Kevin400F]

I use a TLS drum on my 350F-framed, 400F-powered track bike.

[bryanj]

If you really insist a 450 twin front end will fit

[florence]

very nice kevin, i think a correctly set up tls front brake can be truly excellent.

thanks bryanj for the tip, i can see you think it's maybe a bad idea.  i've been riding this bike for twelve years but i find the front brake lets this otherwise amazing bike down, it really takes a long time to stop sometimes and in todays traffic it can be really worrying sometimes. my brake is set up correctly and works as well as it can but i'm sure it could be better. i was hoping someone had tried this already.

are the cb450 forks the same size as the cb500/4 ones?

[bryanj]

Yep, on a disc one the sliders are the same as 750, total length is slightly different but i cant remember which way