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Old November 27th, 2017, 03:56 PM   #16
jkv45
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Originally Posted by Aldent View Post
It took a bit of time for me to research this, but it does have a disk brake in front; it's just "inboard". All of the stuff over it is for ducting, but I'll admit that I initially thought it was a drum brake, too.
The in-board disc was a pretty complicated design, and it was still pretty weak apparently.

In 1990 (the last year of the VTR250 in the U.S.) they went to a conventional front brake set-up.
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