Are our brakes axial or radial pump?

[AzBob_imp]

Axial. Radial brakes look like this:



and the MC like this:




The idea is that none of the forces involved have to deviate from their natural direction, thereby significantly reducing deflection and increasing feel. That's the grade-school answer, there is tons of good articles out there on this.

I thought I'd quickly explain what makes this a radial mount caliper as opposed to an axial mount. Just look at the bolts that hold the caliper to the fork. The bolts are in the same plane as the vehicle motion (e.g. they're parallel to the wheel). An axial mount caliper's bolts are 90 degrees to the wheel, as on our CB's, and you see the head of the bolt as you look at the bike from the side. Armed with this information, you can easily identify any caliper you see. :-)