Sea Mist parking brakes on sale!

[Stig / Major Tom]

At Krogers I found a brand new parking brake for my LIKE200I  on sale.
These wide and flexible bands work a treat to compress the rear brake lever while parked - or at times you cannot spare a hand on the brake.
Sea Mist offers these scooter accessories in the fresh veggie isle - decorated with bunches of broccoli.
I put a new one on both scoots.
Stig

[fishcutter44]

These DO work!
You never see a bunch of broccoli roll away, right?

[eamartin]

I use the blue ones from the asparagus bundles.

[hypophthalmus]

Don't do this if you have a hydraulic rear brake though.

[CROSSBOLT]

Why not? Aircraft park brakes from Cessna to Boeing are the regular hydraulic brakes pressrized with either the pedals locked or accumulator pressure. I gotta velcro hose tie on mine.

Karl

[hypophthalmus]

I could be wrong. I read this on another discussion about parking brakes on this forum, and quickly went to unclamp mine.

It could be that I'm just repeating misinformation.

[CROSSBOLT]

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, hypo. I have heard this very same thing all my life, too. I got over it by using the systems in aircraft. There may be a downside somewhere but I have not seen one yet. Now the aviation community uses something else as well called "wheel chocks."

Karl

[Stig / Major Tom]

Yeah, I'm not squeezing the beejeebers out of it with my bands or hands (hydraulic or cable) - just holding my scoot in place against the curb side street incline while warming the scoot -- and starting the battery liners,  finishing with the gauntlets, scarf, zippers, camera, glasses, ear plugs, kleenex, and signing autographs.
The Burgman and the Forza had parking brakes (cable-drum brake within a rear disc brake system)...which I  used all the time.....but even the little 50cc LIKE has a lever lock park brake.
This should be standard on all scooters.

Veggies, Taiwanese or Italian.....it's all good stuff.
Sh

[CROSSBOLT]

Stig, good point (s). I am listening to the dead silence of responses from manufacturers and national distributors.

Karl