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..are they braided as standard?

I know the RSV ones were, the ones on my Falco look like they may be braided but with a black covering over them?

The feel is immense from the brake after my ZX-9R with the dreaded 6 pots and rubber hoses, how shite they were!

I dont think they are braided... but I seem to remember that they are made of some fancy rubber, better than the normal rubber. Someone more clued up than me will be along shortly im sure.

OEM setup on Falco is def. rubber.

But they are far better than the average. Perhaps someone needs to cut one open and investigate.

yes rubber

definitely better than standard rubber though

there is a slight advantage to changing to braided hoses, especially if you go for two full length lines rather than the standard T conecction set up

The brake lines are made by Freudenberg. So although techically rubber they behave like braided hoses, ie they don't bulge & flex like std jap rubber ones do

After many hours of exhaustive comparisons riding my mates Mille then my old Falco I couldn't tell the difference between the two.
Spend the time keeping the calipers clean (all four pistons) and the buttons on the discs and the brakes are superb with the std hoses (IMHO)

F9

but braided are, of course, blingtastic

After changing to two seperate braided lines I could def. feel an improvement. Not a huge one but an improvement nontheless.

They are far better than any jap ones on bikes i've had. Always too lazy to change them though, have bought some before and just looked at them in the shed.!
Maybe I'll do it one day, but the brakes have so much more feel than anything other than my RSV, so I'm quite content for now. I am quite impressed for rubber.

Think they are "reinforced" (though I don't know any details.

They are made by Freudenberg

There's been a debate on this on AF1 recently (Futura forum). At least on Futs, the OE hoses are braided internally with something on the lines of Kevlar. Link here :

http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... p?t=179243

See especially post no. 24

That's if you don't mind a Fut owner intruding?

MartDude wrote:
That's if you don't mind a Fut owner intruding?

Glad to have you join in Mart - adds a wider perspective to the discussion


..... and my goodness - that linked thread is hilarious

Yes I just read the whole thing now and it is a hoot.

Only thing is I am now worried sick about the combined damage of stone chips and uv rays to my kevlar braided hoses

Fausto wrote:Yes I just read the whole thing now and it is a hoot.

Only thing is I am now worried sick about the combined damage of stone chips and uv rays to my kevlar braided hoses

Get some factor-20 to sort out the UV and stick to potato chips from your local chippy - that'll keep things safe for you.

The Us guys do seem to take things so seriously; if you want a laugh, join AF1; it's painfully easy to wind some of them up