7'' brake shoes, best quality

None of them, send your old shoes to be relined to Saftek or Villiers, you need to give them some sizes and both will fit linings to suit your drums.

I agree. I have used Saftek for the ES2 and the Velocette. Excellent quick service and much better brakes.

Very interesting. What sort of cost?

The last ones I had done were in 2016. Five days from me sending them to them calling me to say they were done. Pretty good I thought.

£18.00 per pair for the "standard duty" linings plus VAT and postage. These are meant to bed in quicker. They do a choice of three lining types. I have used the standard ones on my bikes without a problem.

Check their website for more info.

I bought a pair of new shoes for the Norton from one of the key suppliers (I think they were made in Italy. Even after a couple of hundred miles the front brake was a retarder rather than a brake.

I picked up an old set of shoes at an auto jumble and had them re-lined. Immediate improvement.

Villiers list on eBay, £19.95 Inc vat and UK postage.