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Offline gary67

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Front brake set up
« on: February 28, 2015, 10:36 AM »
Was wondering what front brake caliper to put on my Standard Tao. A ad990, Acs boa, Bulldog or a Nippon like Osicka ran

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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2015, 11:48 AM »
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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2015, 01:11 PM »
would go for either an ad990 or nippon gary
 it's fairly easy to do a twin front brake with an ad990-would like to see that setup with a nippon  8)

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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2015, 11:06 PM »
I've got Bash forks, but no ad mounts and don't really like brake plates, so I'll go for a proper caliper.


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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2015, 04:16 PM »
Never used a Bulldog, did they come after the Nippon and was they better ??

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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2015, 07:28 PM »
Never used a Bulldog, did they come after the Nippon and was they better ??

Yes they were after the Nippon. They were a low end brake from DC and I wouldn't recommend anyone looking for performance use one instead of a Nippon.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2015, 07:28 AM »
So the Nippon is better John?

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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2015, 04:32 PM »
So the Nippon is better John?

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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2015, 07:34 PM »
Well if you want braking performance then use a U-brake.

I have a Nippon on my Morales but I'm switching it out for a 990 with adapter.

There must have been some conspiracy going on in the late 80's / early 90's for companies not putting u-brakes up front...
It's curious that the 88 Haro trials bike had 990's up front and they only started putting them on freestyle bikes in 96 or 97...

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Re: Front brake set up
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2015, 07:46 PM »
Well i have got some Bash forks with mounts on, but id like them chromed, what kinda price would i be looking at ??

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