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**87gsxrnut** · 02-16-2005, 09:41 AM

I don't know, I've got friends that race with stock lines and have no problems. They were originally copied from aircraft designs and used years ago to help stiffen up REALLY poor brakes. Today's braking systems don't really need them IMO. I put them on my racebike beacuse I could get a smoking discount on them.

I know on older bikes they do help quite a bit. Especially when doing a lot of hard braking and generating heat.

You might want to get them and have a go at it. It is fun to install them for sure.

Don't expect a whole lot of improved performance. You will have a bit stiffer lever pull.

- Nut

02-16-2005, 09:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
87gsxrnut Ho Dog Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 867-5309 Location: Terror Lake Posts: 4,224	I don't know, I've got friends that race with stock lines and have no problems. They were originally copied from aircraft designs and used years ago to help stiffen up REALLY poor brakes. Today's braking systems don't really need them IMO. I put them on my racebike beacuse I could get a smoking discount on them. I know on older bikes they do help quite a bit. Especially when doing a lot of hard braking and generating heat. You might want to get them and have a go at it. It is fun to install them for sure. Don't expect a whole lot of improved performance. You will have a bit stiffer lever pull. - Nut __________________ Person or person's unknown.