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Originally Posted by buckstone
I'm off to the Scottish Bike Show at the weekend to (hopefully) pick up some bargains. One of the things I'm looking for is braided brake lines.
I've seen a good few bikes parked up recently with these and a lot of them look pretty untidy - almost as if the lines are too long for the bike, or that little thought has been given to the routing.
I presume that for pointys when you fit the new lines, you lose the 'splitter' valves (perhaps not the right term !!!) on each side and the whole setup is much simpler than the original.
Does anyone have pictures of a neatly done job so I can get an idea of what it'll look like when it's done ? And any advice about what brands suit the SV (pointy) best would be welcome. Thanks ......
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I dont have pics handy but the usual approach is to use whats referred to as a race setup for the front. You bin the brake line junction and instead have two seperate brake lines that each run directly from the master cylinder to each caliper. Its cheaper to do it this way too as you need fewer lines.
The banjo bolt that fastens both lines to the master cylinder is a double length bolt, i.e. it fastens the top end of two lines instead of the stock single line.