Front brake reservoir relocation?
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Cruiser
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Front brake reservoir relocation?
Is there any way to relocate the front brake reservoir to get it off the handle bars? I notice a lot of custom choppers don't have this so was wondering how that is accomplished?
Tourer
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Well some if not alot of custom choppers have no front brake. If they do have a front brake, its sometimes hooked into the rear brake system and run through a proportioning valve. Sort of like a car system. Problem with that is if you get a leak, you have no brakes. One other system I have seen is the front brake is applied by rotating the throttle forward. I am not sure where the master cylinder is located because these systems are way to expensive for my taste so I have never checked them out thoroughly.
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Cruiser
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thanks for the info - that really surprises me that a lot of choppers don't use front brakes...that seems silly stupid to me.
Guess I was hoping there was some way to put that reservoir inside the handlebars MacGyver-style
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Guess I was hoping there was some way to put that reservoir inside the handlebars MacGyver-style
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