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Brakes on that thing are just fine, two reasons, when the throttle is shut all the way down, the compression braking will do the second function, spit the screwball riding it, straight off it, and, it won't matter much directly after all that.
Fuel tank isn't an issue, only needs a carb bowl full, or, two, to get that disaster to "terminal velocity", then....see ('compression braking') above.
Interesting fact about Dick Mann, AMA racer of long ago. In his childhood, his first bike was a 'piece it together' thing, BSA Bantam. He got most of the bike, fixed it, but, didn't have, nor could afford a fuel tank, so, the enterprising Mr. Mann did the best he could. He obtained an extra heavy duty small diameter truck tire inner tube, and mixed his fuel/oil, as the Bantam engine was a two stroke, filled the tube with the fuel/oil premix, fitted the fuel line to the valve stem, and, hung the filled inner tube around his neck. This got him the fuel tank he needed, to use that bike to deliver his news papers on his route in Richmond, California, eons ago. Need certainly is the "mother of invention" for some really creative people.
Now, IF the rider of that mess in the picture above were to use the Dick Mann fuel tank method, I would see perfectly just why the two factor theory would be the way to go, see (compression braking, and, 'spit the screwball riding it, straight off it' references) above.
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