Month: April 2019

This is the fully fitted brake complete with tyre. The small parts such as the actuator arm and shackle are Peashooter parts. The brake lever, cable and adjuster are all later.

The finish in terms of paint needs a little more work and the hand lever needs to be replaced completely but it all works great… and is safer.

After a couple of near-miss events I decided it would be a good idea to fit a front brake to the 9B. It may not be correct for the year but if you want to ride these old bike on the modern roads with today’s drivers then it might be a good idea. Trouble is there isn’t an easy ‘off the shelf’ solution.

After a little research I decided on a 1928 model B peashooter drum laced to the correct clincher type rim. It is the oldest Harley brake available. I’ve had a complete new wheel built rather than trying to use original parts from the correct wheel already on the bike. The new wheel is ‘wrong’ but easy to remove and replace with the correct original part if need be.