Brake lines for dual caliper front brakes

[ducatiz]

i need you to doodle this on an etch a sketch and take a picture to show me, please.

[NorDog]

That looks like some kinda hybrid turtle/goose monster!

[junior varsity]

Here's mine:

[Speeddog]

That looks like some kinda hybrid turtle/goose monster!

That's a Brontosaurus Rex

[ducatiz]

Here's mine:

i can see how that might be called an h too. 

[MadDuck]

I've run "H's", "T's" & doubles from the master on my bikes. I can't feel any difference between them. The biggest difference in feel was in different pads and different master cylinders. I think the twin lines are the least cluttered looking and easier to deal with when it comes to front wheel off time. YMMV.

[NorDog]

i can see how that might be called an h too.  

Yeah, except for that "T" fitting in the middle.  

If I may:

"T" arrangement = Lines with a "T" fitting between the master cylinder and the calipers.
"h" arrangement = One line from the master cylinder to one of the calipers with a double banjo, and a second line from that same double banjo up and over to the other caliper.
"Twin" arrangement = Two separate lines from a double banjo at the master cylinder; one line to one caliper, the other line to the other caliper.

Will the new electric bikes have electric brakes to make this even more fun?

[junior varsity]

And the original ducati design using the manifold. Blech.

[NorDog]

And the original ducati design using the manifold. Blech.

Manifold?  Yeah, I don't know that one.

[junior varsity]

Mounted to the old school Monster's triple. Brake line to it, two brake lines out of it. Before T-junctions were in style.

[ducatiz]

And the original ducati design using the manifold. Blech.

truly, it wasn't bad at all.  it simplified the hose routing because you had one from the master and then one following each fork.  and it was solid aluminum, so no expansion or swelling.  plus, you had a neutral, safe place to install the switch.  the junction never caused any problems for anyone i know of and it's all hydraulic so fluid in = fluid out.  regardless how you route the hoses, as long as none expand, it doesn't matter.

theoretically you could have 2 miles of brake hose as long as they don't have any expansion, response would be the same as 2 inches.

Mounted to the old school Monster's triple. Brake line to it, two brake lines out of it. Before T-junctions were in style.

Most Ducatis, but I didn't know it was used on any Monsters.

[junior varsity]

My 99 Monster had it. I just thought it was unnecessary since there was t-junctions available. And it was kind of large (on my bike).

When I upgraded master cylinders to a radial GP, I needed new lines (and the old ones weren't all that good to begin with), so I had an opportunity to ditch it.