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wornknobby3

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78K SS brake lines
« on: December 12, 2008, 06:02:45 pm »
ok i looked through a bunch of old posts and found a few great online site to get custom made brake lines and such. now as i understand it the dimensions to the caliper are 10mm x 1.25? i'm trying to do what many have done on here, i want a stainless straight from my MC to my caliper. so basically i want to know how i can make a banjo fit directly to my caliper, if that is not possible do i need to use a male adapter? and what would i use to go to the male adapter?

so if anyone knows dimensions as far as fittings are concerned for a stocker 78K 750 that would be awesome, the length, well is the easy part. ;D
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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2008, 08:02:13 pm »
I bought mine from HEL for my 78K and I had a choice. They would make them up either way. I chose to stay stock.   
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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2008, 04:01:32 am »
what do you mean you had a choice? do you mean you had a choice as far as striaght to the caliper as opposed to from the MC to the peice under the headlight and then to the caliper?
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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2008, 07:05:46 am »
My choice was to have the SS line go directly to the caliper, or have it attach to the solid tubing originally used. I am not aware of any intermediate connection below the headlight on the K model. On the F model there is a splitter behind the Honda nameplate to feed the two calipers.
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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2008, 12:11:39 pm »
yea there is a "splitter" on the k model its where the brake switch it, and then continues to the next rubber line. i think what i'm gona do is go AN3 style, that way i can get any banjo bolft i need and just screw on a hose, its what all the harley and chopper guys do, nice, easy, cheap, and sweet looking
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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2008, 01:32:30 pm »
I have to agree with BobbyR...there was no splitter near the headlight on my 78 750K.
The join from rubber to steel was below, near the calibar.
When I replaced the stock brake line with the SS line, a local shop made me one solid line from caliber to MC. It had a stock SS fitting in the caliber and an SS banjo bolt on the MC.

Just my 2 cents.

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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2008, 02:08:39 pm »
The connection to the caliper is a simple flare type fitting as I recall.
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Re: 78K SS brake lines
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2008, 03:51:55 pm »
Yeah, my original one was just like the flare on my trucks line. ;)

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