two speed front brake

[ERIC BAYLISS]

Can any one with twin brakes on a older Scott please tell me how the front brake cable is done. Having to go twin brakes on mine to get a usable brake

[ERIC BAYLISS]

Doesn’t any one have twin brakes on an older bike.

[BRIAN MARSHALL]

Just do the same as on a Brum Scott, with a twin-pull front brake lever. The bit pulling on the two cables has to be free to pivot in the middle so as to equalise the pull on each cable. Some of the big Enfield twins, Constellation, Interceptor, etc., had twin front brakes like the Brum Scott, with an identical twin-pull lever, so you might be able to get one from an Enfield twin parts supplier, such as Burton Bike Bits.
The other way to do it is with a Vincent-style scissor-action gizmo mounted on the forks, but that would be a LOT more complicated, and not very elegant on a two-speed Scott!
Brian

[Dripfeed]

you are probably aware , super forks are a bit ify at the bottom of the steering stem a good stopper may aggravate this condition .some supers have a mod to the stem I think Roger M has done some of them. Regards D F .

[ERIC BAYLISS]

I have already done a mod on the stem. just in case,

[ERIC BAYLISS]

The trouble is Brian I have got inverted levers

[BRIAN MARSHALL]

OK. You can let the single cable come out of the hole in the bars, from the inverted lever, and then feed it to a separate “whiffletree” pivotted bar, fixed either on the bars or fork crown, with two cables, one to each brake, from there down to the brake plates. If you Google “whiffletree” you will see that it is a proper engineering term !
Brian

[atreyu]

Most racing bikes with double sided brake plates use a compensator, these were standard fitment on TD2, early TZ Yamahas. Sounds like the bike version of a whiffletree

[Roy Fisher]

There’s one on Ebay at the moment, item No.330868405234. Mind you, it’s £99!

[atreyu]

https://www.tga.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=35_37&products_id=273

I got one for a 350 Ducati single that I’m restoring off ebay for £30 and its new. You can get cheaper ones, Menani do one which is bulkier and in a plastic housing. I have one like this I’m happy to sell if its of use to someone very cheap.

[ERIC BAYLISS]

Hi atreyu, did you get my email

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