24-04-2021, 12:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-04-2021, 06:32 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
Getting into the head of motor vehicle designers circa 1914 -1920, most appeared to think that good brakes were dangerous. Here's a crazy example - a 1000 cc V-twin Sparkbrook. I had one of those, but with a 296 cc Villers engine, a bike so light I could lift it off the ground. The brakes - cycle blocks on the front and a dummy rim on the rear - were utterly useless.
With a 1000cc V-twin engine, pregnant wife on the pillion and two hearty children in the originally-fitted sidecar - how on earth was this monster ever brought to a halt, especially (as the second picture hints) in the wet?
With a 1000cc V-twin engine, pregnant wife on the pillion and two hearty children in the originally-fitted sidecar - how on earth was this monster ever brought to a halt, especially (as the second picture hints) in the wet?