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Title: Good bye ape hangers, hello kinked brake line? Post by: Streetfighterkz on November 28, 2011, 06:27:35 PM Hey,
I just swapped out the ape hanger handlebars, aka City bars, from my '99 M900 City for some Bikemaster Superbike bars. Everything went smoothly until I mounted up the brake master cylinder. It appears that the brake line from the master to the splitter is too long. I didn't run into this problem when I had clip-ons on my '00 M750 but then again I didn't have to worry about a splitter. Does a non-City 900 have a shorter line from the M/C to the splitter? (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/Streetfighterkz/M900/PB280073.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/Streetfighterkz/M900/PB280074.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/Streetfighterkz/M900/PB280075.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/Streetfighterkz/M900/PB280076.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/Streetfighterkz/M900/PB280077.jpg) Thanks in advance. Later, Doug Title: Re: Good bye ape hangers, hello kinked brake line? Post by: teddy037.3 on November 28, 2011, 11:32:44 PM by 'splitter,' I am assuming you're talking about that T-joint in the line... and it would seem that the non-city models are certainly shorter.
as a temp fix, couldn't you just set the fitting so it's pointing up, instead of down? that way it won't kink the line nearly as much Title: Re: Good bye ape hangers, hello kinked brake line? Post by: DucHead on November 29, 2011, 04:49:12 AM I think you're gonna need new lines.
Measure twice and call Spiegler. Title: Re: Good bye ape hangers, hello kinked brake line? Post by: 118811 on November 29, 2011, 06:45:08 PM I think you're gonna need new lines. Measure twice and call Spiegler. Exactly!! I went from clip on to stocks and tried to use existing lines...although they were stretched. Anyway, the fitting at caliper broke while at 60 mph...thankfully no emergency stop was needed!!! [bow_down] Spiegler is good. as DucHead said, measure 2x |