DR vs SX

[muthey]

I have oem cables and pads on mine and I have no problem with the brakes, I find it alarming with what you guys are saying.. I have also installed parking brake locks on both hand levers , and they both work perfectly. I also have a equal balance between rear hand and rear foot brake on mine. I also have no problem locking the rears up with either. In the pic I am posting you can see that the rear adjusters are not adjusted equally. I do get the squeaking noise but only after I set the park brakes, and then after riding for a few feet it stops. I use a tip trailer when hauling all of my atvs and I can ride the 225 up to the front of the trailer and set my park brakes and leave it there out of gear with no worries while I load the rest.

[El Camexican]

muthey, I hope you aren't thinking that my trike (can't speak for the fabster's) has no brakes at all. It's not that at all, it's more like the brakes on my YTM are like the brakes on a 67 Mustang and the ones on my Tri-Z are more like the binders on a 2007 Mustang.

Maybe I'm spoiled when it comes to stopping. I expect a controlled predictable stop when I apply the brakes and I expect good feedback between the onset of braking and full lock. I just took this photo yesterday to send to the guy that makes the cooler (he wasn't sure it would fit and asked me to report back). It almost didn't but I own a Dremel AND a . It's of the rear of my bike that has been boiling over way too often. The proposed fix? Switch to Gaffer fluid, organic brake pads and add a cooler at the caliper. Will it work? Don't know, but I'll bet it works a heck of a lot better than the brakes on my YTM

[Afrothunderkat]

My first trike was a DX, wicked fun. Parts are super cheap too as they have a lesser following than the honda's. Wheelies for days!

[DohcBikes]

When I built my DX I modified the rear brake to a point where the rear brake would lock up under the slightest pedal pressure. This involved removing the brass adjuster and shimming the plunger that pushes the pad. Worked excellent, an exponential improvement. Nobody really paid attention when I explained how to do it.