Can't get over the idea of rear drum brakes

[ben2go]

Never fear the drum brake. That's all my bikes had when I was learning to ride. I have a 2000 V Star 650 Classic with rear drum brakes. Even the newest V Star 650 has drum brakes. The TW200 has rear drum brakes. It did lose its front drum brake until 2001.

[letsride]

Originally Posted by bogieboy

i never have any issues on my kawasaki KE100... full drum front and rear... if we were talking stopping a gsxr1000, yeah i may be leary of drums, but our little bikes?

food for thought.... semi trucks still run drums all the way around...

I asked my Dad one time (who has been a diesel engine and heavy truck mechanic longer than I've been alive) why tractor trailers still have drum brakes. His answer was simple, he said "surface area" A brake shoe has way more contact area than a pad does. He said that brake shoes contact a drum almost the entire circumference of the drum. BUT they are also actuated by air instead of a mechanical cam on one side of the shoes.

[wheelbender6]

"No brake bleeding".
Amen

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

It's not like having a drum instead of a disk will make you lose the holeshot to the first corner.

This cracked me up - great line. Just had a vision of the greying/balding/fat ass contingent of us on here, of which I am a member in good standing, hitting the corner on our Hawks and TT250s. I'm betting Ryan Dungey will sleep OK tonight.

For what it's worth, I agree - disk preferred, drum acceptable.

[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by Torgo

This cracked me up - great line. Just had a vision of the greying/balding/fat ass contingent of us on here, of which I am a member in good standing, hitting the corner on our Hawks and TT250s. I'm betting Ryan Dungey will sleep OK tonight.

For what it's worth, I agree - disk preferred, drum acceptable.

I've been watching every Saturday nite

[pete]

the reall prob with a drum is lining dust that dosn't clear
so in the end there is a mobil surface between the shoes
and drum.... then add a bit of water it becomes a slipery
mobil surface...

to keep a drum working you never stop cleaning it...

[timcosby]

Originally Posted by Torgo

This cracked me up - great line. Just had a vision of the greying/balding/fat ass contingent of us on here, of which I am a member in good standing, hitting the corner on our Hawks and TT250s. I'm betting Ryan Dungey will sleep OK tonight.

For what it's worth, I agree - disk preferred, drum acceptable.

i dont know i think i could knock him off of the podium!!!




given a big enough baseball bat!