Want to make a longer brake line! Need advice

[nicholascott]

I just purchased some handlebars. My new handlebars are a lot taller than my old ones. My brake line going from my master cylinder to my front brake is not long enough. Every shop in my area will charge me around $100.00 to make a longer brake line. Please help me. I would love to save some cash and do it myself. Does anyone have some instruction on how to do this. I don't know what I need to buy or where to get it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[fgh]

See if you can find anything at http://www.jpcycles.com/index.aspx or call them at 1-800-397-4844

[JTsGS650]

A member on this site (bwringer) has a good writeup on how to make/fit your own steel braided brake lines. It's at his site here: http://bwringer.com/gs/brakelines.html
In fact there's a few good articles on there, including a carburetor syncronization series. Hopefully he'll finish the valve shim adjustment series soon... (hint, hint) :-D

[rphillips]

Depends on what bike you have & how much longer you need. The "L" models have longer cables, wires, & hose, cause they came from the factory with taller handlebars. If you have a "G", "E", "S", or "T" model, an orig. from an "L" may fix you up.