Well done Rob Valdez

[steve hawkins]

Rob,

The only reason I fitted a rectangular reservoir type master cyclinder, is the fact that I went from dual disc to single disk front brake.  So I needed a different master cylinder.

Trolle - the single disk / dual disk thing was more often market driven than a date or pre/post 81 thing.

Single disk R65's are fairely uncommon in the UK, for either vintage.  Whereas elsewhere, it is often the other way round.

[trolle]

Thanks for the input on the dual disk versions. According to the figures in said article the post '80 does not brake as well as the pre '80 hence the need for dual disks.

greetings from a grey, grey north

[Altritter]

Many thanks to everyone for the good information. Trolle, I've never seen your information before.

My 1981 was manufactured in October 1980, making it an early one.

The front disks are twin ATEs, which is consistent with someone's (Rob's?) statement that the factory exhausted its ATE inventory on its '81 models before installing Brembos later ones.

Mine doesn't seem to be as much of a hybrid as some. All in all, I think I have the best of all possible worlds.

FWIW, I've been thinking about my riding style (Rather, lack of it.   ), and I'm thinking more seriously about spending the $$US for the shorter shocks. When Bob's had a "lowered" 1979 for sale a few months ago, I swung my leg over it & was impressed by how different it felt. I could flatfoot it on the center stand, as opposed to having heels off the ground . Much easier to handle. Now the question is timing and $$.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

If you could flat-foot it on the centerstand, it either had a Reynolds Ride-Off stand, or something was seriously wrong, somewhere.

The centerstand should eliminate any suspension set-up from the equation, when sitting on said bike on said stand.

I don't know, because I've never shortened a bike, but it is possible that a shorter centerstand helps to make it easier to use when the shocks have been shortened.

This is going to get redirected to the Tech section soon....

[Altritter]

From Rob: << If you could flat-foot it on the centerstand, it either had a Reynolds Ride-Off stand, or something was seriously wrong, somewhere. >>

You're correct, at least on the first point (don't know about the second). I was suffering from late-night stupids & misspoke—what I meant to say was that I could flatfoot easily when it was *off* the stand, not necessarily on it. I can't remember whether or not it had a Reynolds. I know what they look like from photos (never seen one, I must admit), and I should have made note of it, but I didn't. I also don't remember if the bike was on the center stand or on a Brown (or even if it had a Brown) when I checked it. So much for my perceptive powers!

BTW, I'm done. No need to move the thread unless you think someone wanting the information might be able to find it more easily on Tech. Of course, if someone else has $.02 to add, that's another matter. I have a question about the shortened shocks themselves, so I'll pick it up on Tech at another time. Thanks for the thoughts. JT