Barkingmad
XS650 Member
I currently have mags and eventually would like to go to spokes. So I have both setups for rear brakes drum and disk. Pros and cons please the bike is a bobbed 78 xs650 with a TC brothers weld on tail section.
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Looking for opnions rear drum or disk
- Thread starter Barkingmad
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Just to clarify 5twins statement Yamaha never put a spoke wheel with a disc on the rear of the XS650.
Being as you have a hard tail it well be easier to swap in some other brand of spoke wheel that did use a disc brake.
A lot of people mod a Harley or Harley clone wheel to a hard tailed XS650.
On a hard tail you are going to have to add tabs and mounts and such to use either brake.
So it's your choice on them.
I have ridden my 75 with the stock 18 inch drum rear wheel and a mag disc brake wheel. As far as how they work, both work well. A drum brake takes more input pressure on the pedal to get the same braking action as a disc brake.
IMHO the ease of pedal pushing make the disc easier to feel the braking action and a bit easier to modulate the brake.
Others may have other opinions.
Leo
Being as you have a hard tail it well be easier to swap in some other brand of spoke wheel that did use a disc brake.
A lot of people mod a Harley or Harley clone wheel to a hard tailed XS650.
On a hard tail you are going to have to add tabs and mounts and such to use either brake.
So it's your choice on them.
I have ridden my 75 with the stock 18 inch drum rear wheel and a mag disc brake wheel. As far as how they work, both work well. A drum brake takes more input pressure on the pedal to get the same braking action as a disc brake.
IMHO the ease of pedal pushing make the disc easier to feel the braking action and a bit easier to modulate the brake.
Others may have other opinions.
Leo
