gstallons Posted September 16, 2024 Posted September 16, 2024 (edited) Welllll , Let me see if I have the brake hose I removed from my red frame when I installed the OEM stuff. If I do I can send it to you . It was the T-style that looked like the OEM w/a longer hose going to the bar m/cyl. Just let me know and I will try to find it. I had a good reason why you want to tee the hoses at the fender but I can't recall why. Edited September 16, 2024 by gstallons
gstallons Posted September 21, 2024 Posted September 21, 2024 My red frame had the lengthened hose and it was an assembled hose with a tee at the front fender. I just went to the radiator shop that makes SS hose assys. and he made me a shortened hose . I went from bars to clip-ons . 3
gstallons Posted September 23, 2024 Posted September 23, 2024 Let me expand on this story. The previous owner had handlebars installed on the bike w/all the mods necessary to go from clip-ons to M-X bars . I must inform you , this guy was an "artist" and not a mechanic . It took s lot to remove his personalized ideas back to a normal bike. He must've had a hose shop do the extended brake hose because it looked neat . To go back to normal length , I had a buddy of mine make a proper length hose that would go back in place of the longer one from the brake m/cyl. to the tee at the front fender. If Walterg wants a longer hose , you will be better off having a shop make you a hose assy. where you can do this w/o any messy mods. There is a reason in a tee type hose assy. I just can't remember why? It has to do w/the hydraulic aspect of things. Plus it would look "not good" to have two hoses running to both wheels. REMEMBER to use D.O.T.4 fluid . If you use 3 you will experience brake fade when you try to keep up w/your Tn friends !
Walterg Posted October 19, 2024 Author Posted October 19, 2024 Thanks everyone for your replies. I ordered a 1.00 pitch bolt and it was the correct one. After a two days ride in the German Eifel area (many, many twisties) with the rised clip-ons and the temporary brake line extension I decided to keep the rised clip-ons and order a proper set of bestoke brake lines to go with them. I prefer the original lower clip-ons so I will be reinstalling those again. 1
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