Afternoon all. I'm going to do the braided brake lines thing this year and was wondering if you could give me some pointers as to whether I should go for the over-mudguard or 2 lines from the MC setup? Which is easier to install etc.
All looks really, both equally easy to fit if your happy bleeding the system after, personally I like the look of the race lines over OE but can see why people want to keep it neat and use the existing clamps. I recently got some Hel lines from Arthur and they were great quality
Hi Rich When I fitted my braided lines I copied the way the original lines went, ie: one to r/h caliper then over the mudguard to l/h side. However I found the lever was rubbish and a pain to bleed them up. So I changed the setup to individual lines to each side from MC and they bled up great and a nice firm lever. As a side note there is a hydraulics firm called Northern Hose and Hydraulics on canon park that make M/C braided lines to order if you ever need a one off line.
Cheers Tom. I was thinking the same. I'd heard that the over the mudguard setup was a little more difficult to bleed. I think I'll just get the 2 line setup. I know Northern H&H. I've sold tube to them in the past. I didn't know that they made brake lines though! I reckon I'll just get some HEL ones as they do them in pretty colours
