Snetterton 19th July

I know these aren't of the SV, but it's still in the process of being put right after crashing at Castle Combe. Was a beautiful day and even had a session with Sylvain Quintoli, who was really helpful in his advice and a genuinely top bloke.

[Mr Speirs]

That's awesome man, hats off to you.
Out of interest what are the 2 levers on the right hand bar for?

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

That's awesome man, hats off to you.
Out of interest what are the 2 levers on the right hand bar for?

id guess front and back brake ?

great pics

Awesome, as i said ...way jealous. take me with next time Tal

[Mr Speirs]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

id guess front and back brake ?

great pics

I think you are right, would be interesting to know how you would put more pressure on the front brake than the back though with that set up?

[Mark_h]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

I think you are right, would be interesting to know how you would put more pressure on the front brake than the back though with that set up?

Carefully!

With the correct ratio of lever and careful choice of master cylinder bore/stroke you could squeeze both with the same amount of hand pressure but get significantly different results at the calipers. I'm guessing Talan is a paraplegic and therefore needs to have the rear brake operated by hand as the foot lever is now redundant. I also noticed what appear to be toe-clips for his boots mounted forward of the footrests and what looks like a push-button and solenoid operated gearchange mechanism.

Hats off to you, Talan. Riding a bike properly with all operational limbs seems to be too much for me some days, but for you to do it with only the use of your upper body limbs is nothing short of amazing - I'm in awe of your acheivement and tenacity.