[lee]

Originally posted by svxistentialist
Really nice Lee, thanks for the link.

Disc brakes are pretty radical!

Unless I miss my guess, they are made from pretty hard, almost stainless, steel, with the result that they do a very bad job of stopping the bike, particularly in the rain.

Then again, by the look of it, you don't ride it in the rain much anyway.

Very, very nice machine. Thanks for sharing.

Joe

Thank you, you're most kind.

Brakes:
It was the only year to have them front & back (72-74 had front only, drums on both ends before 72).

Plated with hard chrome by the OEM, Norton-Villiers-Triumph. Stopping deficiencies have been fixed by enterprising owners by sleeving the master cylinder down from 5/8" to 13mm (and using Kawasaki internal parts).

Turns out the rotor material has little to do with stopping power (given proper pad material). The two variables are the diameter of the rotor, and the ratio of the hydraulic piston in the master cylinder to the piston(s) in the brake caliper - all else is almost exclusively a heat related issue.