Linked Brakes

[Hitcher]

I don't believe the ST1100 has linked brakes as standard, but have been available, as an option, since '86.

The ST1300 (known as the Pan European in parts of the world) does have them as standard I believe.

Yea, verily and forsooth. As I may have mentioned earlier...

[Paul in NZ]

My favourite bike is still my Thunderbird and it doesn't even have a fuel guage.

Jeeze imagine that - no fuel guage? (wots a guage?) Far out. Frankly I'm still impressed by electic starting but then again I'm a stupid old Luddite.

Fer goodness sake - I've stayed out of this as long as I can... Guzzi have been panned in the press for years for having 'stupid' linked brakes... On my dear old lemon it's achieved by having a splitter for the foot master cylinder and a 'less' grippy compound on the linked front disk. Sounds daft but in practise it works a treat. It is awesome in the wet and if you over do a bend you can trail the foot brake without standing the bike up.

Haul on both brakes and it's still as good as anything of the era!

It's as simple as dirt, it works, it's cheap and require no clever clogs electrical gubbinses. PERFECT!

Paul N

[Zed]

Couldn't wish for a better vote of confidence than that. I had no idea that a bike could brake that hard and I'd never have explored those limits had I not gone on the course.

I found the same fantastic response from the linked brakes on my Blackbird at the Pukekohe race track a couple of weeks ago. Braking at the end of the back straight suddenly within 200m from speeds up around 260kmph was very pleasing and well balanced - couldn't fault them.

I love the braking system on my bike, it will be weird reverting back to non-linked brakes if/when I change my ride.

CaN, hopefully by now you'll have formed a positive opinion about these brakes, especially with all the weekend riding you've been doing lately!

[Big Dave]

Jeeze imagine that - no fuel guage? (wots a guage?)

Paul N

My contribution to the lexicon.

[Kickaha]

Fer goodness sake - I've stayed out of this as long as I can... Guzzi have been panned in the press for years for having 'stupid' linked brakes... On my dear old lemon it's achieved by having a splitter for the foot master cylinder and a 'less' grippy compound on the linked front disk. Sounds daft but in practise it works a treat. It is awesome in the wet and if you over do a bend you can trail the foot brake without standing the bike up.

Haul on both brakes and it's still as good as anything of the era!

It's as simple as dirt, it works, it's cheap and require no clever clogs electrical gubbinses. PERFECT!

Paul N

Only ever ridden one Moto Guzzi and I thought the system was awesome, I ended up only using the footpedal as it was so good

[Ixion]

Jeeze imagine that - no fuel guage? (wots a guage?) Far out. Frankly I'm still impressed by electic starting but then again I'm a stupid old Luddite.

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Humph. I'm not Bring back the trusty kickstart I say.

EDIT.And who on earth needs fuel gauge? If you want stuff like that get a cage.

[Skyryder]

Humph. I'm not Bring back the trusty kickstart I say.

Trusty kickstart you say?? Another oxymoron that is parralel with the CIA.


Skyryder