Brake Fluid
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I recently had my system flushed by dealer recall and they said premium is a little more water resistant. Not sure if that is true but time will tell. If you have ABS and your bike is one of the problematic ones I would go with the best DOT4 I could get me hands on, once the ABS unit starts acting up you will have to replace it.
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i'm going to do both. some fluid at autozone is dot 3-4. i have a new bottle of dot 4 on the work bench, but it's 4 years old. Don't think i should use it.
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Just because two products may meet the minimum requirements doesn't preclude one exceeding, maybe even greatly exceeding, those minimum requirements.
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I recently had my system flushed by dealer recall and they said premium is a little more water resistant. Not sure if that is true but time will tell. If you have ABS and your bike is one of the problematic ones I would go with the best DOT4 I could get me hands on, once the ABS unit starts acting up you will have to replace it.
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This is certainly true. There are some DOT 4 fluids (Motol 600, ATE Type 200) that have higher wet & dry boiling points than the minimum required by DOT 4 classification.
Someone said that a dealer told them the HD Premium absorbed less water. Not saying that it's impossible, but in the DOT 4 fluids I've researched, I've never heard/read of one claiming to be formulated to absorb less water.. HD Premium would be the first.... Sounds like classic MoCo marketing to me...
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Yeah I noticed that when I was there and they had a lot of it in their own branded bottles. It was much cheaper than the Brembo, but for $11 I figured it was a safer bet to get straight Dot 4 from the same company that made the calipers on the bike. I had actually bought two bottles but one was more than enough.