Front brake hoses with R1 calipers

youngy · Post by **youngy** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:16 pm

If I fit a pair of R1 stylee calipers - with the banjo connection on the side - will the stock brake hoses reach? I know they will with the earlier ThunderCat calipers where the banjo is on the back, but what about the later ones?

If not, what hoses will reach?

Ta muchly

earywig · Post by **earywig** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:53 pm

The banjo's will reach, but there'll be a little bit of twist in the lines. As there's a small amount of angled offset on the existing end banjo's it is preferable to have the offset slanted inboard toward the wheel, that's what I did with mine and it was perfectly ok.

youngy · Post by **youngy** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:39 pm

Brill thanks. That's the first job sussed then!

Quan-Time · Post by **Quan-Time** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:59 pm

yup will connect fine but you dont wanna put too much load on those connections.. It sux, but i did buy custom lines to my specs (braided obviously) and it made LOADS of difference like you wouldnt believe.. mostly once the breaks are a bit warmer they dont go spongy.

of the shelf R1 / R6 lines will work aswell.. so investigate that if you want.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:44 am

What earywig and QT said. I put R6 calipers on using the existing rubber lines and banjoes and they do work fine but my rubber hoses were rubbing on the mudguard. Eventually got a set of HEL braided lines with the bottom R6 banjoes and they have been fine for the last 4 years.

Bob