front brake cable

[Steve Minor]

Anybody have a source for a front brake cable for my 77 400gs6? The last one I got from Al B. was a Terrycable and I wasn't too crazy about the little cable clamp on the end. And, I had a problem with it at the ISDTRR. Maybe I'm not adjusting it properly.

Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated.

[john durrill]

Steve,
 the summer ,fall and winter issues of Still Keeping Track 2002 have a string of articles on how to set up a 250 for AHRMA mx.
 The bike or bikes were ridden by Kevin Brown and Gary Roach,
 Motion Pro was mentioned as the supplier of a front brake cable built to their specs.
 Contact one of the riders and or Kent Knudson who wrote the article for Keeping Track and you should get a source.
 We have one of the Terry cables, what went wrong? Peters 125 for the street will be useing it so thats a very real consern for me.
John D.

[Kip Kern]

Steve,   I used the "Terry Cable"  at the ISDTRR and it worked perfect (72 CMF 125cc).  You may not have the set up correct, it took me a minute to look at it and make it work right.

[metalkfab]

I'm running the front cable mentioned on a 175 and a 125.Thet work great with no problems,just look ugly at the mounting end.

[Steve Minor]

I had a problem in one of the steep downhill sections on Day 1. I suspect that the clamp slipped because I wound up with no front brake and no method of adjustment without loosing the entire cable clamp and re-setting the cable. When I got home, I took the clamp off and found several frayed strands on both the brake end and on the handlebar end of the cable.

Perhaps I didn't have it set up properly in the first place...or it might have been the white knuckle grip I was using on the downhill section...(haha)

Steve

[Randy Kirkbride]

Steve,
I ordered my cables direct from Terrycable and they do not have the clamp on the bottom like the ones that Al sells.  The  part # for the front brake is PEN14020FB with 6mm adjuster.  Hope this helps.