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Subject: RE: new subscriber

Author: Jesse Open

Date: May 30, 2003, 1:46 PM

Post ID: 1713202432


Hello Elisabeth,
Which part broke ? I may have one here . You can email me direct. If I
have it ,it's yours.
alacritas wrote:
 
His name is Brian Henderson. His company is called two wheel specialist,
1919
Cassburn Road, Vankleek Hill Ontario. 613 678 3364.

The email I sent out to the group was actually reprinted in the MGNOC
Newsletter, May 2003 Pg33. He installs Vintage Brake 2520V. Shawn: do
you get
the newsletter? I don't have a copy of my post on the computer.

I have not had a chance to try out the brakes yet, which is why I did
not say
anything: discovered another problem that needed to be fixed. I have
finally
started taking the front end apart and only hitch so far is that a
plastic
component in the instrument cluster broke off - hoping I can glue it
back
together.

Elisabeth

Ian Adkins wrote:

 Speaking of softer brake linings. Shawn...there is a fellow that lives
near
Ottawa. He is an old time vintage racer (a REAL character) and has a
company
that will set your drum brakes up as good as they can be. You bring him
the
whole wheel and they set the brakes so that you get maximun pad hitting
the
drum. I have heard they made braking on the old drums excellent. I was
going
to do it but left Montreal.

Elisabeth....do you remember his name? I thought you were going to get
your
brakes done with him at one point.

...Ian

 -----Original Message-----
From: Michael Jones [mailto:mjon-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:56 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Cc: swal-@ca.imshealth.com
Subject: Re: new subscriber


Hi, Shawn. Welcome to the club. I used to complain
that the front brake was the only thing I didn't like
about my Ambo. I recently put on shoes with a softer
compound, and it made a big difference. They are
approximately as good as the discs on the older bikes
I had (but they do squeel a lot). I am using the
compound from Moto Guzzi Classics, but other shops
sell compounds that they claim are good, too.

-Mike (69 Ambo)

----------------------------------------------------
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: new subscriber
Hi guys,
I have an 73 850 eldo up here in
Montreal.......................
Also, can anyone give me
directions on setting up the front brake. I
have never owned drum brakes
before as my last bike was a KLR 650 and
before that, a 73 honda 550.

Thanks a lot,
Looking forward to your emails.

shawn

=====
M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA.

"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity,
yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach
mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga

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