Thought experiment: $2500 worth of improvements to the CB1100

[GoldOxide_imp]

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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Alright - learned something.

[Lord Popgun]

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.

[peterbaron]

Not to criticize or anything like that but for normal riding these braided lines will not do any significant improvement...racing = different story.
Your bike, your mods your desire

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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[GoldOxide_imp]

Not to criticize or anything like that but for normal riding these braided lines will not do any significant improvement...racing = different story.
Your bike, your mods your desire

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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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...
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.

[rich_imp]

$2500. gold valve emulators in forks and better rear shocks heated gripes and better seat maybe driving lights
i am way better with carbs then computers, no idea why font changed size

[Cormanus]

You must have asked it to, rich.