Topic: New to all this

[Grasser]

I was at the Avery Tx lawnmower race this month, and as they say caught the bug. Gives me something to do with the dozen or so junk mowers in the back yard. So I have so many questions about gettin started n all. I will be here often with them. So here is the first, I have a couple of old junk motorcycles, is it worth salvaging the disk brake systems to use on a mower or sould I use race built aftermarket systems

[briggsracer1892]

soem people use motorcycle brakes with great sucess!

[Squidd]

It's often more fabrication and micky mouse adjustment than they are worth when you can buy a decent ready to fit brake system for reasonablr price.

[mowdak1]

Several issues apply to use of Motorcycle parts...

1.) You will always need a record of the bike it came from for availability of replacement parts at a later date. Which might not always be easy to find.

2.) Dependent upon year and model of the motorcycle parts availability may be less than convenient. 

3.) Replacement parts for motorcyle brakes will likely exceed costs of aftermarket cart brake parts.

Considering fabrication time to fit to application, and potential costs in the long run, if you can find them, it's simply easier to run a cart brake and be done with it. While they will work, and they may be free at this point, they may not present your best option.

[nor66]

Several issues apply to use of Motorcycle parts...

1.) You will always need a record of the bike it came from for availability of replacement parts at a later date. Which might not always be easy to find.

2.) Dependent upon year and model of the motorcycle parts availability may be less than convenient. 

3.) Replacement parts for motorcyle brakes will likely exceed costs of aftermarket cart brake parts.

Considering fabrication time to fit to application, and potential costs in the long run, if you can find them, it's simply easier to run a cart brake and be done with it. While they will work, and they may be free at this point, they may not present your best option.

Ditto!   I run motorcycle brakes now. And I will not do it again, they work great but they were a bear to get set up right and the replacement pads are $42 a piece. 4 sets of pads and I bought myself a nice cart setup!

[mowinmachine]

You can get a decent MCP Kart brake kit that includes the master cylinder, rotor, caliper, brake lines, rotor hub, and pedal for about $150. They work great and are easy to install. I'd go for something like that.