Where would the caliper be located? In which direction is the wheel rotating? What force will be applied to the threaded rod as the brake is applied?

After you have thought about those questions, ask yourself [a] how the rod probably bent (i.e. was he a stunt rider, riding backwards, or do you think it was simply bent during storage or something?!), and [b] how much stronger is a small-gauge threaded steel bar under tension than compression. Hold an undistorted length in your hands, and bend the ends towards eachother... then hold a length and try to distort it by pulling the ends away from eachother! Simple physics.

No, it's not an HRC spec modification, but neither is a lot of rubbish we see on NSR's and all other cobbled together "race" bikes!
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