jabcb wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 6:43 am
Interesting change in direction.
Am thinking you should switch to a 2LS front brake. A few of the Suzuki 2LS front brakes use a stay like your TS400 has.
I had been struggling with myself on the front end, as I want to make this a simple project….as the engine is so simple compared to all the bikes I have dealt with previously.
I thought about modern Supermoto front ends and rear brakes… I thought about a T500 front end, or even bring in a NK43 Tempter front brake from Japan.
But I wanted the most basic bike I could build, yet make it stick to the road with modern rubber.
It will be restored bone stock, except for rims, spokes and a pipe externally. Engine might get some TM treatment.
Basically it’s a project to clear my head of the complexities of what started out as a desire to have modern two strokes, which were unavailable to me.
I am losing my desire to search, buy, refinish the right bits for my 2T projects….
If I can’t get this done, I guess it’s time to sell off what I have and fold up shop.