Bend brake line or not?
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Tourer
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Bend brake line or not?
I am replacing the mini apes with some t-bars.
My question is does the brake line need replacing or can i bend it to suit the new bars? Bit worried about cracking it [&:]
My question is does the brake line need replacing or can i bend it to suit the new bars? Bit worried about cracking it [&:]
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
Replacing the brake linemay be a chore simply because bleeding the brakes can be a PITA. I tried and tried and tried with no success until I invested in a vacuum pump.
There are many posts here about folks who went from buckhorns to mini-apes or risers and had to slightly bend the brake line to extend the length. A couple of these have broken in the process.
You're takinga chance. I would have to spend the few extra bucks and do it right with a properly fitting brake line.
There are many posts here about folks who went from buckhorns to mini-apes or risers and had to slightly bend the brake line to extend the length. A couple of these have broken in the process.
You're takinga chance. I would have to spend the few extra bucks and do it right with a properly fitting brake line.
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
ORIGINAL: Trotter
Bend it tillit breaks... Then you'll have go get the right one.... It'll look better too ...
Bend it tillit breaks... Then you'll have go get the right one.... It'll look better too ...
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
if you bend a brake line and it breaks you were doomed in the first place just don't kink it..
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
I have changed bars many times on several bikes. You can bend the line no problem. Try to use larger radius bends, no kinks, should not bend in the same place more than once or twice, that's when the steel will harden and crack. You would have to bend a line back and forth in the same place several times to crack it.
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
It would have looked better also Did you get any ride time yesterday ? You should have come down I fell off the roof [sm=lol.gif]
Did you get any ride time yesterday ? You should have come down I fell off the roof [sm=lol.gif]
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
You're takinga chance. I would have to spend the few extra bucks and do it right with a properly fitting brake line.
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RE: Bend brake line or not?
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It would have looked better also Did you get any ride time yesterday ? You should have come down I fell off the roof [sm=lol.gif]
It would have looked better also
Did you get any ride time yesterday ? You should have come down I fell off the roof [sm=lol.gif]
Hope you are okay, and didn't break anything that may have got bent....Especially if the wife can use it[sm=outcold.gif]
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