Wed, 6 May 1998 15:01:05 +0100 - Message No. 2879
From: Sheridan Coulter

Subject: RE: Metal Break Lines


I was racing an FZR600 last year and had an Alloy banjo bolt fail entering
Gerrards at Mallory, shortly after Goodridge issued a recall on all Alloy
Brake bolts, Stick to steel, they are too important to take risks with.
Sheridan Coulter
Technical Project Leader

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Chris Longhurst [SMTP:clonghur@es.com]
	Sent:	Wednesday, May 06, 1998 1:35 PM
	To:	'gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk'
	Cc:	'AfricaTwin'
	Subject:	RE: (XRV) Metal Break Lines

	> Hey guys,
	> 
	> anybody has fitted metal brake lines? If so, is the difference
	> dramatic?
	> 
	Yes. And yes. The only down-side is that the response is so good now
	that I can feel a slight wave in one of the discs - the old rubber
lines
	must have been absorbing the "pulsing" by flexing.
	BTW: Get Steel-braided brake hoses, not aluminium alloy ones. The
alloy
	ones look extremely cool, but turn to a white fur at the slightest
hint
	of rain :-)



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