Featherbed TLS front brake cable

I am presuming that your twin leading shoe brake is a Norton item in which case, unless supplied by a specialist like John Tickell, it will most likely be from a Commando. So all you need is a standard brake cable for a pre-1971Commando 750. There may be a slight problem with fitting at the handlebar end as the Commando had an adjuster by the pivot as well as on the brake plate.

There are several suppliers of 'ready to fit' cables for Nortons as well as a couple of specialists who will make up cables to fit 'home-brewed' motorcycles. Check out the ads in publications such as Old Bike Mart.

The Commando cable may be a bit long on a Dommie, mightn't it, Phil?

RGM may do a TLS cable for a Dommie off the shelf, but make sure of what brake it is, as Phil said. RGM do their own tls brakeplate, as well, which I believe is different from the Norton one, although I haven't seen one.

Can you post as photo?

The Commando cable is slightly longer. On my Commando TLS braked Dommie the extra chunk has been looped around the back of the headlamp then over the mudguard.

Good luck! When I had to change the cable for the Norton TLS on my Dommie I found I had to change the cable anchor. Not all that much of a problem as it turned out but it did mean the Commando cable would fit. It sounds as if yours already has the same thread anyway. But as Phil says - it's a couple of inches too long for a Dommie and has to go round outside the headlamp. (I suspect the PO made up his own cables.)