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Honda CBX550F

Honda CBX550 F. With those weird brakes

Retro thinking has only just begun. And Honda was a forerunner with that. At the time, the CB500T twin was seen as old-fashioned to bizarre. They weren't sold much. They were – until recently – not worth a drop. The Honda CBX550 F was also sort of retro. It also had a front brake disguised as a drum brake. That solution was one according to the old motto of the Marines: Why easy when it can be difficult? The approach was complicated and difficult to service.
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Disc brakes

Progress and I are not always on good terms. My first motorcycle with a front disc brake was one Triumph T150V Trident. That engine was at Van de Kuinder in Hilversum as a trade-in. Nico actually preferred not to sell the thing to a younger buyer. The Tridents did not have the best reputation back in the days when younger heavy machinery buyers often used the throttle as an ON / OFF switch.
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Maintenance of the brakes

Brake maintenance The editorial Guzzi started to consume more petrol and had an increasingly shorter exit distance. A brake stuck. The Guzzi has a separate braking system and the right front disc turned out to be the culprit. The reason the…

Sound or glue?

Brake lining Sound or glue?

Lining Riveting or gluing? And then we're talking about brake linings. Gluing – or vulcanizing – new brake linings is a better option. The advantages are: A) The braking surface is larger (no holes for the rivets). B)…

Mini brakes

In the past, only the Austin and Morris Mini Cooper and Cooper 'S' – the cars with 10” wheels – were factory equipped with disc brakes at the front. All other Minis had to make do with drum brakes all around. The 'boosting'…

Inhibit

Until the end of the last century, a car or motorcycle had to be 'run in'. This meant that the owner of the new vehicle had to handle it with care. No need for top performance from the machine, no high speeds,…

Mini brakes

The 'boosting' of the engine still meant that 'the brakes' remained the Achilles heel of the car. Especially at the front, the over-enthusiastic driver had to contend with the so-called fading and therefore had to pedal harder and harder to silence the little thing.