"@100mph"............... no problem and most nights the week coming back from the pub when I was younger
, the engine is standard single carb , 3134s R followers and it flys . buy a Honda front end I agree and most of the british bikes round here ( that are used ) are not standard and im pleased to say more are slowly coming out , bobbed , f trackers , rats , some chops (not many thank god) standard machines are to expensive so people are forced to build there own and improve them at the same time , anyone can build a standard machine
heres a bit from cycle mag (this is the twin carb version I know) they do mention the front brake
Lightweight performer
By the standards of the day, T100s were acceptably quick, reliable and comfortable. Cycle magazine tested the new Triumph T100 R in 1967 and recorded a 14.9 second standing quarter at a shade under 90mph, concluding that it had close to the performance of a Bonneville yet could be “whipped around” like a lightweight. Even the electrics came in for praise. Cycle’s only concern was the 7-inch single-leading-shoe front brake, which was described only as “adequate.”
Cycle World, meanwhile, discovered a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality: below 4,500rpm, the Daytona would work like “a strong 350”; but shifting instead at 6,000rpm, they found a whole new level of performance, and a top speed of 105mph. They also praised the T100R’s gear-shifting, ease of starting, comfort and electrics — except for the feeble horn — and found the brakes “more than adequate.” The improved handling came in for specific mention and was attributed to increased diameter frame tubes and a new fork design.
