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Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Written by rudyg1937 on 5/13/2009 at 01:22 am

Granted the cost/benifit ratio is skewed towards cost I find the braided SS
clutch line to give the clutch a better feel. It disengages earlier in the pull
probably because the line is not flexing and using part of the travel.
The Guzzi came with all braided lines. :-)

Rudy

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Obi Juan Goula <juang@...> wrote:
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> And the need for a SS-braided line for the clutch is debatable. >Unless
> you really want them to match, a rubber hose is quite sufficient. The
> main advantage of braided hoses over the rubber ones is that the >feel
> is much more linear, since very little of the force exerted by the
> main cylinder is wasted by the expanding rubber. A clutch does not
> need this degree of "feel", unless you are either drag racing or
> competing in off road trials :-)
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> Juan
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> Juan Goula
> Fairbanks, Alaska
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