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I've modified my PCX to remove the CBS and have now been riding for 5 months with the left lever = rear brake and right lever = front brake. I find it a big improvement. The modification was simple and cheap. The front involves a braided line to a splitter and then 2 braided lines to the front calip...

I have a road race background - rear brake only tightens your line in corners, rear only helps in tight u turns, at max braking the weight transfer dramatically changes braking balance Lets look at these one at a time. Most (all?) places its illegal to race on open public roads. The PCX isn't desig...

I agree with Dragon_uk's description of what is required. I'm surprised at some comments (mainly in the linked thread) that the CBS is great or that it is foolish to want improvement. The CBS brakes are a budget set up for a target market. The left brake is a crude mechanical split between front and...

Changing the rear to disc would be beyond me. The right lever is all hydraulic. The left starts as cable and splits to a cable to the rear and hydraulic to the front. Perhaps learn to be gentle with the left brake?? I know what you mean wanting separate front and rear brake control - that would be m...

It would be possible to modify the brakes, but not sure it is worth the effort. The left lever is a cable that runs to a unit near the rear of the headlight which splits force between a cable to the rear drum and a master cylinder to the front brake. You could plug the master which may change rear f...

Thanks and great reply. This is exactly the feedback I was after. I raced a 600rr for a while and the braking issues you outline on the PCX are exactly my concern. There is no initial bite on the front and no feedback through the lever. I ordered some EBC organic pads last night. I used HH on the tr...

you can make quite a difference to the braking on the pcx. I am running a KN Planning 260mm front disc, Kitaco braided lines, Kitaco SBS sintered pads and a good quality DOT4 fluid. The lines and the pads make the biggest change by far, I installed them first to see what they could do and then inst...

I hope the repairs aren't too costly. You had it covered and locked, so you can't do much more. It was just a combination of bad luck and bad people. At least you still have the scoot.