On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Damon Campbell wrote:

> I don't know how you are getting that kind of stopping performance, but
> my '84 westy has *never* been able to do that (and i've been riding in
> it since day 1).

Hmm...well, maybe you're right.  I haven't *tried* to lock up the tires on
mine, but the brakes feel reasonably strong, so I assumed it was possible.
Pedal effort is high, though, partly because my vacuum pump is leaky. The
brakes seem better than the Ford van I used to have, but not as good as my
Honda.  The Ford's brake pedal could be bottomed out with just toe
pressure, though, so it may have had a bad master cylinder.

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