Wanted to bounce a few ideas off the gurus here. On my heavy weight (Porker class) "Jimmy Gote" I am building, I am not getting the braking action I want. I have a 6" band brake on the rear axle with a long cable going to a lever. As it stands, squeezing the lever is more of a request for less speed, with a committee involved. The lever is a little short on throw, plus I see the cable flex a lot. Is it worth replacing the lever with a longer throw? or replacing most of the cable with a hard line? By hard line I was thinking of a length of auto brake line, then cable last couple feet. I don't have room to mount the band brake on the jackshaft. Or should I bite the bullet and go with a hydraulic disc? I want to stay with a hand brake rather than a foot brake. Just think hand brake would be easier in a lot of ways, loading and unloading, pushing the bike if it's stuck, teaching new riders, etc. But will a mini bike juice brake have enough force? Or should I go with a motorcycle caliper and a hydraulic clutch/lever? Or just bite the bullet, make a foot brake for what I got and stomp harder? I even thought of a 10" disc on the rear with a pair of calipers and using two levers. Any ideas or thoughts?