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#31 Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?01-11-2010, 11:31 PM
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.Dan Kearney - Black Hawk, Colorado, USA
Zongshen RX-3 - Zongshen TT250 - Ural GearUp Hack - Honda CT110
Ural M70 Retro Solo - BMW R100R - Royal Enfield Bullet 500
http://dansmotorcycleblog.blogspot.com/
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#32 Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?01-11-2010, 11:43 PM
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?
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#33 Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?01-11-2010, 11:59 PM---------------------------------------------------
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#34 Re: Great story... Where are they getting disk brakes for the BMW Earls forks?
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01-12-2010, 02:02 PMYeah, 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
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