braided brake lines

[druidsam]

im looking to replace my old brake lines and wondered who here has braided lines .where you got them and what they cost,and any recommendations for nice cheap mail order places.



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[panrider_uk]

My dealer quoted £150 for a set (I'm pretty sure that was fitted).

I decided to stay with the ones I have

Mark
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[alun111]

Goodridge and Hel tend to go for around £40-£60 for a new set on ebay. If you buy direct from Goodridge they will cut them to the size required.

[NicM]

Yep I changed my lines on my old bike. If i remember correctly it cost me about 50 quid for the lines, drove into the main bike garage in stirling, they measured the line's out and made them up for me there and then. Also go check out Hein Gericke, I was in there a couple of weeks ago and was sure i spotted some in the cabnit for about £20.
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[iooi]

ebay, cost wil depend on your bike.
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[LeeR]

My mechanic fitted a braided hose (un-sheathed) front and rear for £86 all-in.
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[Finglonga]

Jeebus these dealers know how to rake in the money for such a simple job!!
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[panrider_uk]

At around £30-40/hr it soon mounts up.

Mark
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[MarkJ]

I got mine direct from HEL and it cost £90-£100 for a 3 line set coated black. Sure you can get them a lot cheaper off ebay.

Don't bother taking it to a dealer (unless it's really cheap) it's a simple job to add your own

[Kickstart]

Hi

Only thing to really avoid are the hoses with alloy fittings.

All the best

Keith
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[nynfortoo]

I got some Goodridge hoses with stainless steel fittings from https://www.brakes4u.co.uk for £45. They took about 10 days to be delivered, but they came chopped to the correct length for my bike.

I fitted them myself, so saved on any garage-fees. It isn't difficult in the slightest.

[LeeR]

[loply]

I have to say having ridden two bikes with rubber hoses, then changed to braided for the performance factor, I think the different is imperceivable.

If your hoses need replacing anyway then go for it, but as a performance mod I think it's mainly placebo effect.

Probably makes more of a difference on track where you're braking to the max 10 times every 2 minutes... But on the road, there's better places for £50 to go.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Braided lines made a wee difference on my Hornet, not mega, but just enough to be noticed.

I've only every been on track with braided, and they were fine then too....
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[MarkJ]

You can't really tell under normal use, but I've been on track with both and you can tell the difference when braking hard. You can almost feel the rubber hoses bulging under the pressure when you're squeezing hard, whereas the braided ones have a constant pressure applied the more you squeeze the lever in my opinion.

[Blau Zedong]

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[Blau Zedong]

However they still have a rubber liner which is in contact with the media being conveyed (brake fluid). Usually the makeup is rubber tube / wire or textile braid / rubber cover. "Braided" lines are smoothbore PTFE with single wire overbraid.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

True, but the rubber isn't really the structural bit. And not sure that the volume of the rubber within the braiding is capable of expanding. The problem with rubber hoses comes when the rubber perishes and allows the fluid beyond the internal braiding when they will balloon.

Replaced the close to 20 year old rubber hoses on Charlottes old GPZ500 with some braided ones and it made no difference to how soggy the brakes were.

All the best

Keith
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[Blau Zedong]

The other thing I've seen old OEM hoses do is suffer from a collapsed liner. Makes them impossible to bleed as well as soggy (because half the lever effort is used forcing the tube back into shape). Was on a 350YPVS and we only found out by cutting the old hoses up once we'd given up and stuck Goodridge on.
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[LeeR]

..and lo it was dead for 16 months, and yay it has risen again... Is this some kind of record?

I will say that I noticed the difference moving from rubber to braided lines, but then again as the hoses were 8 years old I'd have probably noticed the difference with any new hose.
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