touring brakes different?

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M20olly
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Post Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:31 pm

hi have recently bought a 325 touring and noticed that the brake calipers on the front look different th those on my 320. is this right and what is the difference?
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Post Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:38 pm

they take same pads and function the same as other 325 calipers... however tourers tend to use girling calipers as opposed to ATE
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Post Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:14 pm

thanks, they felt a little better to me. have any differences in performance been noted before?
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Post Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:55 pm

The rear brakes on a 320 saloon are usually drum brakes too - whereas tourers have discs iirc
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