Steel brake lines

[cerebusa]

Guys,
It's time to change the front brakes on my 03, I was just reading the thread on brake pads and got some good ideas. I ran EBC's on the 99 I had and liked them fine. Now about the steel braided lines, what brand and where is best to get a set? I have noticed in hard breaking the 03 seems kinda mushy, didnt notice that on the 99. Thanks for the info...Mike

 

[rockadaous]

I picked up mine from charles @ street and track. HEL lines

 

[turbobusa2000]

I have goodridge SS lines. Not sure were I got them from.

 

[BA BUSA]

I have Galfer brake lines

 

[mike1180]

I have Speigler SS lines.

 

[BusaWizard]

Galfer here, Cycle Brakes. Had Hel's on my 04LE got those from Charles Street & Track.

 

[pashnit]

cerebusa - you have pm

 

[ToXSicK RoCKeT]

cerebusa - you have pm

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Pash, I need some to very soon.......can you send a my way too? Thx brother

 

[HillbillyTom]

You'll love 'em, makes a huge difference. I got Spiegler because they have the best matching colors. All of them work well.

 

[Dan]

I have goodridge SS lines. Not sure were I got them from.

+1 got mine from Vman1300

 

[BlueHaya]

I went with Spielger all the way around.


My brake line pics are still in the camera.

 

[Warchild]

I went with Spiegler as well.

Still not 100% happy with the K8's front brakes, though the Spiegler lines have made it very, very close to being acceptable. There have been, however, about 2-3 incidents in the past 30,000 miles where I needed to stop quicker than the Tokico's were able to handle. Fortunately, I had escape paths to swerve to each time.

I may re-visit upgrading some components over the winter.... if new lines are needed due to a caliper change, I'll be using the HEL lines. While all the various SS lines are very good, when you place a HEL fitting in your hand and see the fit/finish up close, IMO they are a step above. :agree:

 

[BigBSBusa]

Galfer SS lines from Cycle Brakes.

 

[GoldenChild]

Speigler,lmk if ya need some..

 

[atticdog]

I have a front set of Spiegler lines that I used for 1 summer like new 50tyd

 

[Justyntym]

I picked up mine from charles @ street and track. HEL lines

+1

 

[cerebusa]

How much trouble are they to change? I have not really looked at the set up on the bike to be honest. I have steel lines on the front of my 68 truck and they were easy. Please tell me these are easy too..pppllllease..........easy yeah thats the ticket.

 

[BlueHaya]

How much trouble are they to change? I have not really looked at the set up on the bike to be honest. I have steel lines on the front of my 68 truck and they were easy. Please tell me these are easy too..pppllllease..........easy yeah thats the ticket.

Very easy. The hardest part I had was working the ss lines into the rubber grommets....I want to use the stock holding pionts.

Do yourself a favor and also get some speedbleeders for bleeding the system. If you are opposed to sucking on the bleeder hose, you may also want to get a mightyvac.

 

[mikeled86]

I wonder if I can make these at my shop doesn't anybody know the specs on these lines