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Is this genuine?




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1922-Royal-En ... 143wt_1141

Jaffa, it's a "dummy belt rim" brake which has a loop of friction material which is tightened onto the rim. A step on from the bicycle type "stirrup" brakes but not very much! Real disc brakes were available as early as the mid/late twenties (?) made by ERA for racers (I think Tommy Dixon had them on the TT Douglases,) but they didn't catch on due to problems with friction material I think!
REgards, Mark

Thanks for that Mark,i thought i was seeing things,only had a few as well (cans).

The first disc brake offered on a production 2 wheeler was by Lambretta on the TV

Another front/rear disc brakes,only joking MARK M,http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Royal-Enfield ... 310wt_1328