5T does the link in post #7 answer your question........Shame he doesn't make them any more. Sites down as well
So I received my braided lines today from apex brakes. I ordered on thur am and got them today. The female fittings will work with the stock brackets. For the upper hose I ordered fitting #1[banjo bold] and fitting #19 13" long. for the lower hose I got fitting #4 and #19 15" long. $20.00 ea. + shipping and 2 new banjo bolts and washers. Now it just needs to cool off a bit so I can get out there and work on it.Hello all,
Well I ordered lines today from apex brakes. I ordered what I need to just replace the original rubber ones. 10mm banjo fitting on one end 10mmx1.0 female fitting on the other. I'll report back once I receive them.
Thanks for everyone's input and help!
Somebody early in this thread mentioned Goodridge brand ,and I tried them with less than optimum result. The one I bought was red colored and turned out to be smaller inside diameter than original giving high effort to actuate the brake! Have since replaced with Russell "CYCLEFLEX" stainless braided hoses with clear vinyl or some kind of soft plasticy outer covering. They are on both my bikes now for front and rear as they are joined to the original front master cyl with a double banjo bolt! And before anybody gets the idea to copy this, remember that I am an amputee and do not have a right foot to operate a foot brake. This setup has allowed me to ride my 78 special and 83 1100 Interstate with more brakes than before when using front only for about 100k miles over the years. I wish I had done it sooner when riding a 75 cb750F that got a lot of miles and lots of smiles!
Nothing illegal here about those brakes. May well be the case up north but in Kentucky they just happy ya got brakes! Oh yeah, the XS does lock the rear a bit early but the 'Wing not so much, especially when the wife is aboard. Her "ballast" keeps the rear tire planted just fine even at freeway- speed hard braking. Where did that "two independent braking systems" thing come from? Just never heard mention of that before. And what about the other bikes with linked systems? There have been some, touring models, I believe that applied rear and one front by foot pedal and the other front only by the hand. But I guess that IS two independent systems.