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florence:
I fitted new brake shoes at the weekend, fitted being the operative word.  The pattern ones from Dave Silver Spares do not fit properly and I had to file a small amount of aluminium off each one in order to fit into the brake cam and also to have enough gap to get split pin to go through.  Not very good.

matthewmosse:
I had a set that the friction material was stuck on lopsided, the pattern ones are sometimes not the best quality. Could be worse, I've had brake pads have the linings just drop off when I changed a wheel, then 2 months back I had the rear linings un glue themselfs and lock the rear wheel, on both my 125 when I was riding, luckily right by some traffic lights and at very low speed, on the 250, even luckyer, as it was when I was changing the tyre again. I'm building a proper shed to keep the weather off the bikes now, in the hope that I stop having all these mishaps.

Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Said it b4 say it again all the pattern stuff I have bought is CRAP.I can not think of anything that fitted without grief,even pattern indicators are too big for genuine stubs.
Cheers
Bitsa

Trigger:
Ha, but the OEM wiring loom was not up to standard. What i can't understand Bitsa, is why didn't you make your own loom.

Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Too bone idle resting on oem laurels but to be fair not hard to fix.We all know about resting on laurels they went bust.
Cheers
Bitsa

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