Goodridge brake lines

[icenian]

If you're thinking about fitting braided brake lines, do it now!

Finally fitted them on Sunday. What a difference! Have fitted braided lines on other bikes and never been sure they did a great deal, but they are definitely worth it on the AT. They still feel rather wooden, but you start to get reasonable stopping power without having to grip really hard, so you get better control; and with a good tug on the lever there is more total power.

This effect isn't because the brakes were in a poor state beforehand (i.e. a simple change of fluid etc. wouldn't have done this). I actually fitted new pads, cleaned up the calipers, changed the fluid and bled the brakes a little while ago (when I was going to fit the Goodridge lines but found I had the wrong set), so I didn't do a full overhaul this time. The only possible confounding factor is the switch to syntheic DOT4 fluid - that may be more reistant to fade and may possibly last longer, but I doubt it is resposible for the immediate improvement in normal braking I have got now.

Dave S gioves great photos of how to fit Goodridge brake lines in this old thread. I did mine the same except:

• at the top yoke, just below the master cylinder, I totally removed the existing bracket and fitted a P clip
  
  on the bottom yoke I reused the two wee brackets that held the rigid part of the OE brake lines, as DaveS did, but I swapped them round and also fitted the one on the right (originlly on the left) upside down; this just moved the splitter on the Goodridge brake line a bit higher up, as there seemed to be a great excess on brake line to the right caliper (YMMV!)
  
  I'm a cheapskate so I bought some s/s P clips rather than the nice alloy Goodridge ones (check out dallasmarine2002 on ebay, pack of 5 stainless steel 6mm p clips for 3.75 incl. postage)
  
  To secure the Goodridge splitter or a P clip to the bottom yoke (depending on whether you leave the brackets as they are or swap them round like I did) you need one nut & bolt, about M4 or M5, around 20-25mm long for the splitter or as short as you can find for the P clip. For everything else the original bolts/brackets etc. can be reused to secure the lines
  
  The Goodridge kit contains all the fittings for the brake lines themselves, incl. banjo bolts, replacements for the connectors at the master cylinder, and copper sealing washers.

[BobA]

EVEN MORE OF A REASON!?

I had this offer through from Busters advertising Goodridge Stainless hoses at £9.99 per line.

Here's the link just in case it is a real bargain and anyone is considering it.

http://www.busters-accessories.co.uk...prod=A%2DGDCAD


Regards

Bob

[icenian]

EVEN MORE OF A REASON!?

I had this offer through from Busters advertising Goodridge Stainless hoses at £9.99 per line.

It sounds great, but you have to pay for all the extra bits too:

3 lines: 29.97
clear wrap for 3 lines: 4.50
3 banjo bolts: 3.60
delivery: 4.50

total: 42.57

Wez (wez@wezmoto.com) will do you a 3 line (front) kit for 39.95, incl. postage if you buy direct from him (rather than ebay). You also get the proper hose connector type fittings for the master cylinder, and it's not clear if Busters do that, or if it would cost more than a banjo bolt (priced above).

I suppose you could do without the shrink wrap and then Busters would be 2 quid cheaper. Don't know if Wez does lines without shrink wrap.