Which Braided Hoses - Hel / Goodridge?

[Grimbusa]

Toby-1-kenobi (22/03/2008)

Vegas (20/03/2008)

Not wanting to interupt the flirting match. I Had HEL ones on my Ninja, were pretty good, mind you that might have been the twin pot Tokicos. I can’t remember if it was a 2-1 line either.

That’s exactly what I’ve got, and I’ll be honest… them Tokino’s or however you spell that must be really poo cos the braided hoses made almost NO difference whatsoever to the stopping distance compared to the standard plastics that they replaced… braking wasn’t any stiffer or more responsive… bit of a let down really considering how much the modding types rave about the benefits of hard lines. Maybe its cos the bike’s blue… I dont know…

I’d get 'em checked out mate, don’t sound right to me. You should have a much firmer handful with braided lines which is always a good thing IMO

[Fooligan_55]

I don’t know about crimped lines on brake hoses but the crimp gave out on my oil return pipe on my Buell with very nearly terminal results:w00t:

[Fooligan_55]

You may not notice a difference between cold plastic lines or cold braided, when the fluid heats up and as a result the lines plastic/rubber will become more elastic and hence your brakes fade, this doesn’t happen with braided ones.

Bleed them properly and be sure no air is in the lines, a quick fix but not perminant is to tie the brake lever back to the bar over night.