I had to make one of these cheapie M/Cs work a while back, and after a few failures I did some testing with several samples of tubing from my stash dunked into brake fluid overnight. I ended up using a chunk of translucent yellow Tygon tubing normally used for fuel lines. In order to form the tight U-bend without kinking or collapsing the soft tubing, I pushed the Tygon tubing over a piece of copper 1/4" tubing and dipped it into boiling water for a minute. A quick dunk in cold water to cool, and the "U" shape was permanent.
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Looks like they used fuel line, most of which is not compatible with brake fluid. Brake fluid is surprisingly damaging stuff to a lot of materials.
I had to make one of these cheapie M/Cs work a while back, and after a few failures I did some testing with several samples of tubing from my stash dunked into brake fluid overnight. I ended up using a chunk of translucent yellow Tygon tubing normally used for fuel lines. In order to form the tight U-bend without kinking or collapsing the soft tubing, I pushed the Tygon tubing over a piece of copper 1/4" tubing and dipped it into boiling water for a minute. A quick dunk in cold water to cool, and the "U" shape was permanent.1983 GS850G, Cosmos Blue.
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Originally posted by fastbysuzuki View PostThink the name of the seller sums it up "Topfashion2000" sells more woman's stuff than bike stuff.
as said before get a combined master cylinder and reservoir, junk the chinnese stuff.
What was wrong with your original master cylinder?
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Originally posted by alkswheetinjur View PostNothing was wrong with it just wanted to go with a different style lever. I'm also running pods, header wrap and chopped fenders if your looking for something to criticize.The big guy up there rides a Suzuki (this I know)
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Originally posted by bwringer View PostLooks like they used fuel line, most of which is not compatible with brake fluid.Current:
Z1300A5 Locomotive (swapped my Intruder for it), GS450 Cafe Project (might never finish it....), XT500 Commuter (I know - it's a Yamaha :eek:)
Past:
VL1500 Intruder (swapped for Z1300), ZX9R Streetfighter (lets face it - too fast....), 1984 GSX750EF, 1984 GSX1100EF (AKA GS1150)
And a bunch of other crap Yamahas....
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Originally posted by dorkburger View PostDo you know what brand the M/C is? I'm looking for one differently configured from my stock one, and don't want that one.....
Im going to try the route of a different OEM unit.
Ive always had tremendous success with RC51 (SP1) Honda units - very high quality, 19mm piston , cheap on eBay
used them on race bikes, road bikes, with 2-6 piston calipers ........ great feel with progressive action and non wooden feel- A huge upgrade on hayabusa's , SRAD's,super hawks and bandits78 GS1000C- Now sporting 1100E suspension and numerous goodies
82 GS750E/82 1100E/ GSXR Frankenstein bike completed
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Thank you sir. Appreciated.sigpic
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Originally posted by bwringer View PostLooks like they used fuel line, most of which is not compatible with brake fluid. Brake fluid is surprisingly damaging stuff to a lot of materials.
I had to make one of these cheapie M/Cs work a while back, and after a few failures I did some testing with several samples of tubing from my stash dunked into brake fluid overnight. I ended up using a chunk of translucent yellow Tygon tubing normally used for fuel lines. In order to form the tight U-bend without kinking or collapsing the soft tubing, I pushed the Tygon tubing over a piece of copper 1/4" tubing and dipped it into boiling water for a minute. A quick dunk in cold water to cool, and the "U" shape was permanent.Larry
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