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LesterPiglet:
I've mentioned this before and I still don't understand the physics.
Surely your tyre is going to break loose long before enough stress is put on those bolts.
Trigger:
Les, the stress is in the hub area. And what does a tyre have running in it? High tensile steel. A tyre is a woven compound.
Ewan 500 K1:
--- Quote from: LesterPiglet on May 08, 2014, 09:45:37 PM ---I've mentioned this before and I still don't understand the physics.
Surely your tyre is going to break loose long before enough stress is put on those bolts.
--- End quote ---
repeated stress = fatigue = decreasing strength = potential for sudden and catastrophic failure . .... better safe than sorry in any case for the sake of a fiver ?
Bryanj:
I agree with oddjob, to the best of my knowledge all the 500/550 (including the twin) discs and calipers are the same, I think a 750 one was fitted possibly under the assumption that a bigger diameter would give better braking
Trigger:
The next question is what 750?. Most of the 750K had a caliper that bolted from the back, until the K8 which had a front bolted caliper. The K8 shared the same caliper as the 750 F1. The 750 F2 had a totally different set up, shared with the 750KZ and KB. I have never seen this arm with the 50mm space on any 750's. There must be someone who has this 50mm/wide body caliper fitted. Come on now, don't be shy.
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