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From: Snag on 17 May 2010 16:07
The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Datesfat Chicks <datesfat.chicks(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I thought
>> that cycle manufacturers as a matter of policy made sure that the
>> parts were available for 15 years.
>
> Nope.
>
> --

Unless you ride a Harley . My dealer still has *some* parts for my 1939
WLDD .

--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF


From: Mark Olson on 17 May 2010 16:43
J. Clarke wrote:

> Any thoughts on whether there's any point in going with a radial?

There's really no good reason in my mind why it would matter on a DL650.
FWIW, the original 1st gen SV650, with its low-tech brakes, was on the
top 10 list of Motorcycle Consumer News best braking bikes ever, for
a number of years. Whatever M/C and calipers the DL has are probably
pretty comparable. I know I did an inadvertent rolling stoppie once on
my SV without much provocation when I grabbed a handful of brake due to
a brain dead cager cutting me off.

The one thing you can do easily to improve the brakes on almost any Jap
bike is to replace the stock rubber hoses with braided stainless ones.
It will make the lever feel firmer and give better feedback, regardless
of what type of M/C or calipers you have.
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