Hi folks
Being a retired engineer I now fill my time in the garage making and mending stuff for all the local farmers.
Been making my Parking Brakes now for about 15 years.
Now at 67 I have been back riding Pans for about 20 years. Me and "she who must be obeyed" (Pamela) go touring in Europe every year for about 6 weeks, mostly camping. Germany, Austria and Italian Dolomites are our favourite places.
There are some pictures of us touring on my web site at
http://www.tworrall.talktalk.net/along with all the details of the Parking Brakes I make.
Bikes I rode in my younger days
James 200cc 2 stroke
Tiger Cub 200cc
Triumph Speed Twin 500
Matchless 350cc
Rested for about 30 years then started back when I rebuilt a "vintage 400 - 4"
Honda Super Sport 400 * 4
Kawasaki GTR 1000
BMW K1100
Honda ST1100 (30,000 to 80,000 miles)
Honda ST1100 ( 0 to 90,000 miles)
Honda ST1300 (5000 to 7000 miles and still going)
I changed to the 1300 only last October so cannot wait for weather to improve. Am not a happy cold / wet weather biker.
As soon as I got on the 1300 I missed my Parking Brake immediately. It took me a few prototypes before I finally decided on a design. I then found that earlier 1300s had a different lever (bugger) so I now have to make 3 types of brake (2 for 1300s and 1 for 1100s)
In the early days of making 1100s I found that there were 2 slightly different master cylinder castings which caused a bit of a problem but with the help of some very patient customers I managed to modify the design so that it would fit both types of casting.
I really enjoy making the brakes in my garage and getting great feedback from customers. They are all hand made using my small lathe, angle grinder, polishing machine, stand drill etc.
If anyone needs to contact me direct for more info then please visit my web site for all contact info.
I would like to thank Graham Strang for the welcome email he sent to this old Pom.
Hope this is the sort of info you were expecting Dave and that I have written it in the correct area.
Kind regards
Tony
PS Can you send us some of your warm weather this way, fed up with winter now, rain rain cold and more b------y rain.