Road glide front brake line differences
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Road glide front brake line differences
I am in the middle of doing a RG conversion on my SG. I have ABS on my SG. SO I am looking at the lower brake lines for a 2010 RGC vs a 2012 CVO RGC. The lines are different part numbers and they use a different brake line clip and location for the neck. Are the CVO brake lines braided or fancy or just more run of the mill harley brake lines? Trying to find out why they are $30 more than the standard RGC lines. Thanks
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I am in the middle of doing a RG conversion on my SG. I have ABS on my SG. SO I am looking at the lower brake lines for a 2010 RGC vs a 2012 CVO RGC. The lines are different part numbers and they use a different brake line clip and location for the neck. Are the CVO brake lines braided or fancy or just more run of the mill harley brake lines? Trying to find out why they are $30 more than the standard RGC lines. Thanks
The lowers lines should be the same length just braided.
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I will have to order uppers later but the lower from the abs to the brakes is what I was wondering about. So the lower is braided to the brake calipers? If so I will gladly pay the extra $30 and order that one instead of plain jane black.
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Yes it is. It's a dark tinted bronze kind of color. The magnum shielding lines I got for the uppers are more of a grey. They are not an exact match. I'll see if I have any pics on my phone of the color.
Edit: found a couple pictures. First one is the braided factory lines. Second shows the magnum shielding next to the factory lines. Just so you can see the difference.
circled in red. Top is magnum bottom is stock
Edit: found a couple pictures. First one is the braided factory lines. Second shows the magnum shielding next to the factory lines. Just so you can see the difference.
circled in red. Top is magnum bottom is stock
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Sorry I hadn't responded to your email yet. If you're not partial to the bronze-y colored brake lines from HD, you can get stuff from Magnum and it will be the nice and bright Sterling Chromite II cables. They really look nice if you're into the chrome deal.
Also, the mounting spot on the right side of the frame neck is a nice touch that Harley did to help manage all these lines. I would use it if you can. The only difference for your application is that you don't have a hydraulic clutch, so it will only be used to route the ABS lines. On the CVOs, the hydraulic clutch is secured by the same mounting bracket.
Let me know if you run into any other issues or have any other questions. Good luck!
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