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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 163613" data-attributes="member: 1650"><p>LOLOLOL&nbsp; thanks brad there for squaring me away on the drum/disk thing!!&nbsp; Blue,&nbsp; take a look at the front hub really good,&nbsp; look at the spokes.&nbsp;&nbsp; See if they are not what some like me call a Z spoke.&nbsp;&nbsp; If it is,&nbsp; just take the front wheel off and put it away.&nbsp; Keep it,&nbsp; to show others.&nbsp; Actually was a design that had a lot of promise for it's time.&nbsp; The drawback is that I bet you cant get a spoke for it now.&nbsp; If you look close and I am correct on the year you will see that the spoke extends as a single piece from one nipple,&nbsp; goes through the hub and continues on to the nipple 180 degrees away from the first nipple.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can find a wheel to replace that with easily,&nbsp; even going to a disk if you want,&nbsp; and that 490 when crisp can sure make use of some extra stopping power.&nbsp; Yamaha had the best drum brakes of the day,&nbsp; but the best drum loses to the worst disk in this case.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 163613, member: 1650"] LOLOLOL thanks brad there for squaring me away on the drum/disk thing!! Blue, take a look at the front hub really good, look at the spokes. See if they are not what some like me call a Z spoke. If it is, just take the front wheel off and put it away. Keep it, to show others. Actually was a design that had a lot of promise for it's time. The drawback is that I bet you cant get a spoke for it now. If you look close and I am correct on the year you will see that the spoke extends as a single piece from one nipple, goes through the hub and continues on to the nipple 180 degrees away from the first nipple. You can find a wheel to replace that with easily, even going to a disk if you want, and that 490 when crisp can sure make use of some extra stopping power. Yamaha had the best drum brakes of the day, but the best drum loses to the worst disk in this case. [/QUOTE]

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