Topic: SOHC re-issue

[Jim Shea]

It has to be brakes for me. I don't think you need to improve the aesthetics. The feeling of not being able to enjoy the bike because it won't stop is the problem for me. I would like to fit twin disks to my F1, but I suppose I might as well buy an F2?

[dusterdude]

ill admit i dont ride like freddie spencer,but my bike stops just fine.

[Bob Wessner]

Mine also, but I did have one hint of what folks are talking about. There is a road here along the river where you have to share it with cars and bicyclists. It's a quite narrow two-lane. One day some cyclists were coming in the opposite lane (no problem) but behind them was some jerk in a car that simply swerved out around the cyclists taking up MY entire lane. Grabbed a handful of brake and I think it was just at the point of shuddering.

[ofreen]

ill admit i dont ride like freddie spencer,but my bike stops just fine.

Maybe you already have, but if you haven't had a chance to ride something a little more current, see if you can.  The brakes on bikes these days (especially sportbikes) are in a whole different universe compared to what is on the old 750s, or even what was available just 10 years ago.  (Suspension and tires enter into this, too.)   In an emergency situation the margin between the old and the new could easily mean the difference between disaster or stopping short of a collision.  That's what I was getting at in my post.  Regards.

Greg
'75 CB750F

[dusterdude]

oh hell yea,thats like trying to compare a 50`s car with a modern car,no comparison

[Jim Shea]

Greg,
I'm with you. I HAVE to ride my bike carefully as I know I can not stop it. I have tried a 'false' emergency stop and it's not good! Everyone should practice an emergency stop to see just how long it takes.

[ofreen]

Everyone should practice an emergency stop to see just how long it takes.

Good advice.

[Jim Shea]

I wonder how many of us have actually tried it? I know it took about 3 times the distance to stop that I imagined it would? Bloody scary!

[BobbyR]

I have tried emergency stops as practice several times this year. At speeds 40 MPH and under it is ok. If you use the rear brake it is actually ok. For some reason the drum rear brake is more effective on the 750 than other bikes I have ridden. they do not lock up as easily as my Kawasaki. There is no doubt that in a reissue better brakes would be a must. One thing that may seem scary is the amazing amount of nose dive in an emergency stop, if your suspension bottoms, forget about steering around something.   

[ohiocaferacer]

How about a CB350 with inverted forks....dual front disks and rear disc? 

I'm currently building one:


I know....its over kill......but its been a blast building it and will be able to do stoppies...even when you dont want to(that is if the frame doesnt fold like a switch blade). 

Later,
Greg
www.OHIOCAFERACERS.com

[Raul CB750K1]

Hey Greg, is that a CB350 with GS500 wheels and brakes, or a GS500 with a CB350 frame...


Raul

[ohiocaferacer]

Raul,

Its a 1969 CB350 with a 1998 Suzuki GSXR750 front end(forks, triple clamps, brakes, wheels,etc.) and the rear wheel setup is a 1991 Yamaha FZR600.....FZR600 rear brakes.

There is a ton of info on it at my website.

Greg
www.OHIOCAFERACERS.com

[TwoTired]

How many of you guys complaining about the brakes on the SOHC4 have converted the brake lines to SS?

No, it won't make it stop like a modern sport bike.  But, geez, if it chirps or squeals the front tire, how much better can it be improved?