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Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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RE: Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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(01-22-2021, 11:08 AM)PowerDubs_imp Wrote: Cut a stock one open.

Most modern lines are already braided, as well as layered inside. Heck- even a simple coolant hose- for decades- has inlayed braided reinforcement.

Any bulging that old actual ‘just rubber’ lines had went away long ago.

That doesn’t stop companies from selling stuff though.

Note- external steel braided lines are known not just to cause damage to adjacent things they rub against- but dirt gets inside the weave and movement eventually damages the hose itself.


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01-22-2021, 11:51 AM
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RE: Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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The maintenance schedule does not even mention brake lines, other than inspection the brake system. It DOES say to change the brake fluid every 2 years or 12000 miles, whichever comes sooner.


01-22-2021, 11:53 AM
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RE: Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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(01-22-2021, 11:48 AM)michael1954_imp Wrote:
(01-22-2021, 03:42 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Not to criticize or anything like that but for normal riding these braided lines will not do any significant improvement...racing = different story.
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Yes, but the Honda manual suggest changing brake likes every couple years I think. Who does that? The Braided Steel lines will last for years, and are warrantied for the life of your bike. And they do help with stopping on a high speed stop, especially w/out ABS.

Yes, but the Honda manual suggest changing brake likes every couple years I think. Who does that? The Braided Steel lines will last for years, and are warrantied for the life of your bike. And they do help with stopping on a high speed stop, especially w/out ABS.
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01-22-2021, 09:23 PM
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RE: Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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(01-22-2021, 09:23 PM)peterbaron_imp Wrote:
(01-22-2021, 11:48 AM)michael1954_imp Wrote:
(01-22-2021, 03:42 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: Not to criticize or anything like that but for normal riding these braided lines will not do any significant improvement...racing = different story.
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Yes, but the Honda manual suggest changing brake likes every couple years I think. Who does that? The Braided Steel lines will last for years, and are warrantied for the life of your bike. And they do help with stopping on a high speed stop, especially w/out ABS.

Yes, but the Honda manual suggest changing brake likes every couple years I think. Who does that? The Braided Steel lines will last for years, and are warrantied for the life of your bike. And they do help with stopping on a high speed stop, especially w/out ABS.
no comments...Confused

Yes, but the Honda manual suggest changing brake likes every couple years I think. Who does that? The Braided Steel lines will last for years, and are warrantied for the life of your bike. And they do help with stopping on a high speed stop, especially w/out ABS.
no comments...Confused
Hardcore members at ADV forums appear to suggest that exterior braided lines deteriorate in profuse off-road riding conditions. Something about the debris getting into the exterior braiding.

For on-road, and if one needs to change the lines out anyway, why not go braided? If a lot of freeway riding is done, would it not help as a defensive measure to have braided lines against rocks and stones? Sure, the brake assertion might feel punchier, but the owner knows that already.


01-22-2021, 11:44 PM
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RE: Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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$2500. gold valve emulators in forks and better rear shocks heated gripes and better seat maybe driving lights
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01-27-2021, 11:49 AM
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RE: Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100
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You must have asked it to, rich.


01-27-2021, 04:25 PM
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