Thanks. The brakes are brembo units, they are the original type used on these bikes. They are cast iron discs, so they rust up very quickly, within minutes of washing the bike. They used them because they worked much better than the stainless discs the Japanese were using at the time, especially in the wet. For those of you that have ridden Japanese bikes from that period, around the 70’s – 80’s, you may remember how their brakes refused to work for the first second or so in the wet. While the brakes are not as good as modern ones on the road, and feel a little wooden by comparison, they do work quite well on the track once you get their temperature up.