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Title: Build Your Own Brake Lines
Post by: Psychopasta on August 22, 2017, 02:40:54 PM

I've been looking at the Magnum Build Your Own brake lines and fittings: http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=110_114&products_id=2664. Has anyone used this kit, and if so, how did you rate it?

Brake lines are a big thing to trust  :boozing:

- Pasta

Title: Re: Build Your Own Brake Lines
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on August 22, 2017, 02:54:13 PM

Used them on several projects now. Very easy to assemble if you follow the directions and use a little common sense. Zero leaks or any other issues.

Title: Re: Build Your Own Brake Lines
Post by: LowRyter on August 22, 2017, 05:13:58 PM

You might specify the angles for the banjo fittings. 

I have gotten custom brakes lines made.   The guy put it together in five minutes while I stood there.  The key was having the original brake line for a model and the right banjo fittings bent at the proper angles.  Actually had custom lines made a couple of times but only saw them do it once. 

Title: Re: Build Your Own Brake Lines
Post by: Diploman on August 22, 2017, 05:42:12 PM

 My V50 II cafe is plumbed entirely with DIY Magnum lines and fittings sourced from MG Cycle.  They are very easy to fit, assemble tightly and mine have never leaked or shown any other anomaly.  The beauty of DIY lines is that you can - at home in your shop - configure them and route them any way you want, whereas off-the-shelf lines always follow the OEM routing. I was able to eliminate the hard tubular line running from rear MC to left front brake, then reroute it to free up a luggage compartment where the (huge, outdated, lead acid) battery used to live.  Then I was able to create a fitting to mount at the highest point on the linked circuit to bleed with striking ease the linked brakes, something that has often bedeviled and frustrated me in the past.  This fitting has two 90-degree banjos and a manifold which holds a bleeder.   Filling the linked circuit from the calipers, the bleeder fitting makes getting a firm pedal on the linked circuit a 10-minute-or-less job.  Extremely pleased with this little gizmo, made possible by the adaptability of DIY lines.


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While the Magnum lines are a very good choice, there is a possibly better alternative:  Goodridge lines and fittings from Revival Cycles.  I have used these on a hydraulic clutch for my KTM 390 Duke, and they are excellent.  Smaller in diameter than the Magnums, they are easier to route through tight passages and tend to have less twisting effect/resistance.  The product description from Revival claims several advantages deriving from the smaller diameter. 

https://revivalcycles.com/collections/braking-hydraulic-lines-and-fittings

Either way, I believe DIY lines are the preferable way to go for the home mechanic.  Assembled correctly, they are, IMO, just as reliable as store-bought lines.

Title: Re: Build Your Own Brake Lines
Post by: Psychopasta on August 22, 2017, 09:45:51 PM

Thanks guys, that's what I needed to know. - P

Title: Re: Build Your Own Brake Lines
Post by: Guzzistaracing on August 27, 2017, 01:53:16 PM

Used Goodridge hoses and nipples for many years without any faults.  Looks like this is something similar.