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Sep 14, 2020 | 11:32 AM

BBD98

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everything is ok except brake line

Hello everyone, my bike is 2010 sportster 883R and I bought new 6" handlebar, all the cables and wires is ok but brake line is little short, when I asked the dealer for the new brake line they said that right now they don't have brake line for my bike so I need a quick solution because I'm in vacation so I won't be in this city I have to go back to my town.

So this line needs to extend for 3-4cm or more. Can I use any other lines for it?

also if I bend the thin bars that I marked, I suppose it will give me enough extension but I'm not sure if it's safe or not..

Sep 14, 2020 | 11:58 AM

CoolBreeze3646

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I ordered a set of dual lines and eliminated the octopus looking arrangement on the front end of my Sportster, had them custom made.

To me that setup is the worst engineering nightmare for getting air out of your brake lines that I have ever seen.

Probably the best (and safest) thing you can do is put your old handlebars back on until you have the correct part to make it work correctly.

Custom made lines:

Last edited by CoolBreeze3646; Sep 14, 2020 at 12:13 PM.

Sep 14, 2020 | 12:16 PM

eighteight

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Try removing the clamp at your top triple tree, tweak line outboard, while you wait .

Sep 14, 2020 | 12:26 PM

BBD98

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Originally Posted by coolbreeze3646

It looks really good if I can't find any solution with stock lines, when I come back to my home I'll consider about custom made lines, thanks.

For now, if there is no solution so I have to pull back old handlebars...

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Originally Posted by eighteight

Try removing the clamp at your top triple tree, tweak line outboard, while you wait .

I'll do that, thanks.