Brake work was completed back in June of 2020, just before my second left ulnar nerve surgery. I had some brake lines made up at Colliflower and purchased a radial master cylinder with a remote reservoir. The master cylinder was from a Beull, part number H0507.1B7. I used a radial master cylinder with a remote reservoir because a standard linear master cylinder with integrated reservoir was too big to fit on the 6 bend bars. After rigging up a remote reservoir and awkwardly bleeding the system, it worked very well.
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A rough picture of the master cylinder during mockup. Notice the limited space on the bars. Here, I was trying to mount the reservoir on the top of the bar, but I ended up making a tab and mounting it to the frame of the master cylinder.
 | Finished reservoir setup.
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This bike has the complete stock wiring harness with all the lights, bells, and whistles. This includes the handlebar controls. They take up quite a bit of room on 6 bends, where real estate is at a minimum.
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| Awkwardly bleeding the system with the new reservoir mounted. |
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The pressure switch for the brake lights was incredibly tricky to mount, but I eventually fought it into submission. It did not make bleeding the system easy. Honestly, for a relatively simple system, this one took quite a while to bleed.
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| Caliper hanging out while trying to get all the air up to the m/c. I ran a 90* into the caliper so the brake line looked cleaner. |
The caliper is a Hurst Airhart setup, which only gives you a little more braking power than a hill holder. It's good enough to slow you down a little in the curves, but wont help much in an emergency stop. It fits well with the vintage look of the bike, so it had to stay. I cant say that for the radial m/c, but it's the only thing that seemed to work.
I had to replace the caliper bolts and the brake stay as well. These were simple fixes.
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