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==History==
[[File:1899 Royal Riley tricycle front spoon brake.jpg|thumb|upright|Spoon front brake operated by handlebar lever and connecting rod on an 1899 Royal Riley Tricycle at the [[Heritage Motor Centre]], Gaydon, England]]
Early motorcycles which were essentially a [[bicycle]] with a motor attached and did not have any braking system beyond cutting the power and waiting for
[[Douglas (motorcycles)|Douglas]] motorcycles were available with Research Association disc brakes front and rear on their 1923 RA model, sometimes called TT model, with [[Freddie Dixon]]'s 1923 [[1923 Isle of Man TT|sidecar TT-winning machine]] of that type also having a passenger-operated disc brake for the sidecar wheel.<ref>Wilson, Hugo. (1993) The Ultimate Motor-Cycle Book p.51 Douglas and banking sidecar. Dorling Kindersley {{ISBN|0751300438}} Accessed and added 2015-11-25</ref><ref>[http://thevintagent.blogspot.co.uk/2007/01/more-vintage-racing-douglas-not-much-is.html More vintage racing Douglas] Vintagent, 30 January 2007, Retrieved 2015-11-25</ref>
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