On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Elton Clark wrote:
> Italian race bike (Gillera?) with some magnificently contrived front brakes.
> The disc rotated in the opposite direction to that of the front wheel! On
> the jackstand, I could spin the wheel forward and the brake disc turned
> backward . . . .some planetary works inside the hub I guess. It was
> supposed to combat suspension-dive under braking or something . . . I wonder
> if it was worth the extra weight and complication?
supposed to reduce the gyroscopic effect of the wheel to enable quicker
turning.
what I want to take off is the (finally-on-a-production-bike) rim-mounted
rotors on the new buell.
scott
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