Steel / Braided Lines The Best?????

16-12-2011, 01:23 PM

Help I am looking in the new year to replace on my ongoing 907ie rebuild new brake and clutch lines is it possible any folk on here can link me up with the best make, the cheapest costing and the best looking available....................so many to choose from - what is the favourite choice of the few from so many?

many thanks

Stiv

16-12-2011, 07:47 PM

Venhill for me..

d8mok · 16-12-2011, 07:52 PM

Ive put HEL lines on my 848. They seem better quality than the other brands ive seen. And arent too expensive. I got a deal for £45 for front race split lines and rear one

SunEye · 17-12-2011, 09:43 AM

I've used Goodridge and HEL brake lines on Kawasakis. Both worked well. Always just used the transparent PVC coated ones with plain stainless steel fittings. The HEL lines were harder to fit to the rear of a ZRX1200 than the Goodridge, but I think that may be a specific issue for that bike.

17-12-2011, 10:36 AM

I'll recommend HEL as a company. They made me a set for free for an ABS Honda CB1300 in exchange for using my rubber lines as templates for their new product range. I got a selection of lines and fittings back to try, along with my originals in exchange for giving them feedback. The lines fitted a treat.

NattyBoy · 17-12-2011, 10:48 AM

Hel for me. Nice avatar BTW. Might get the missus to try that one later..LOL

Nickj · 17-12-2011, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NattyBoy

Hel for me. Nice avatar BTW. Might get the missus to try that one later..LOL

You've got her well insured for accidental damage then??

17-12-2011, 04:34 PM

Goodridge, Earls, Venhill have used them all, depends if you want to make your own or buy ready made find Earls better for price if you start a business account (make up a name) 30% discount straight away, but I have seen lines ready made on fleabay for not much more than the price of making them yourself.

Yorkie · 17-12-2011, 04:42 PM

Goodridge for me, with a nice smoked black cover, nice bits of kit with black ends.

Yorkie

17-12-2011, 09:41 PM

Many thanks for the input thus far Hel look the part but are pretty expensive compared to Goodridge and Venhill made specific for the bike I think I may of cocked up here because looking at the prices online and that which I was offered at the NEC I could of bagged a bargain.......Grrrrrrrrr!

I want them ready made and the rear needs an angled and adjustable bango on one end.

I am now also looking (thinking??) at coloured banjo's aswell the clear coating is a must as the Home made braided lines I have on are filthy from road crud.

16-12-2011, 01:23 PM	#1
STIVH Guest Posts: n/a	Steel / Braided Lines The Best????? Help I am looking in the new year to replace on my ongoing 907ie rebuild new brake and clutch lines is it possible any folk on here can link me up with the best make, the cheapest costing and the best looking available....................so many to choose from - what is the favourite choice of the few from so many? many thanks Stiv

17-12-2011, 04:42 PM	#9
Yorkie Anglo-Saxon Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Yorkshire Bike: M900 Posts: 2,485	Goodridge for me, with a nice smoked black cover, nice bits of kit with black ends. Yorkie __________________ NO ICE, GUN IT!

16-12-2011, 07:47 PM	#2
Pomp1 Guest Posts: n/a	Venhill for me..

16-12-2011, 07:52 PM	#3
d8mok Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: chesterfield Bike: M1100s Posts: 166	Ive put HEL lines on my 848. They seem better quality than the other brands ive seen. And arent too expensive. I got a deal for £45 for front race split lines and rear one

17-12-2011, 09:43 AM	#4
SunEye Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Bognor Regis Bike: Other Ducati Posts: 589	I've used Goodridge and HEL brake lines on Kawasakis. Both worked well. Always just used the transparent PVC coated ones with plain stainless steel fittings. The HEL lines were harder to fit to the rear of a ZRX1200 than the Goodridge, but I think that may be a specific issue for that bike.

17-12-2011, 10:36 AM	#5
blue_toaster Guest Posts: n/a	I'll recommend HEL as a company. They made me a set for free for an ABS Honda CB1300 in exchange for using my rubber lines as templates for their new product range. I got a selection of lines and fittings back to try, along with my originals in exchange for giving them feedback. The lines fitted a treat.

17-12-2011, 10:48 AM	#6
NattyBoy Monsterless again for now Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wiltshire Bike: M900 Posts: 3,189	Hel for me. Nice avatar BTW. Might get the missus to try that one later..LOL

17-12-2011, 04:34 PM	#8
Sam69 Guest Posts: n/a	Goodridge, Earls, Venhill have used them all, depends if you want to make your own or buy ready made find Earls better for price if you start a business account (make up a name) 30% discount straight away, but I have seen lines ready made on fleabay for not much more than the price of making them yourself.

17-12-2011, 09:41 PM	#10
STIVH Guest Posts: n/a	Many thanks for the input thus far Hel look the part but are pretty expensive compared to Goodridge and Venhill made specific for the bike I think I may of cocked up here because looking at the prices online and that which I was offered at the NEC I could of bagged a bargain.......Grrrrrrrrr! I want them ready made and the rear needs an angled and adjustable bango on one end. I am now also looking (thinking??) at coloured banjo's aswell the clear coating is a must as the Home made braided lines I have on are filthy from road crud.