Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?
Scottro,
Jim Bryant is your man for those bikes. I rode his excellent BMW conversion CJ's when I was there. He frequents this message board. Check out his work at bmwsidecar.com. He probably has his new workshop all up and running by now. I saw the shell of it getting a nice epoxy floor finish when I was there in June.
sniff. . .sniff. . . I dropped my wife off at the airport this morning so she can begin another trip back to the homeland. Feeling sad and lonely already. Wish I could have joined her so I can get more China Moto-ing in!
Cheers,
Dan K.
Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?
Scottro,
Welcome to MCM! Member "Jimbosidecar" Jim Bryant, in Beijing, is the mac daddy at modifying and converting CJ's. "Shanghaifingers", who owns a CJ shop in Shanghai, is also real serious about CJ's. Either of them could get you going in the right direction.
Where you hailing from?
CC
Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?
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Originally Posted by
DanKearney
sniff. . .sniff. . . I dropped my wife off at the airport this morning so she can begin another trip back to the homeland. Feeling sad and lonely already. Wish I could have joined her so I can get more China Moto-ing in!
I do miss riding in China....the Himalayans are a dreamland of riding. :riding:
Some of the mountains are burned into my visual cortex. :eekers:
Look like it's time for us to go split some wood! :mwink:
CC
Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?
Yeah, most anybody can put a disc front brake on a CJ. You'll lose the cool reverse levers though, and with a m/c sitting on the bars you'll lose a lot of the vintage look. We sell a cast aluminum spoked M5 wheel that with the drum brake stops almost as well as a disc conversion. I'd avoid the Earles type forks unless you were planning on the Dakar Rally. And even then, I would NOT use the Chinese Earles, but rather buy and modify a BMW Earles to fit.
Regds,
Jim
www.bmwsidecar.com