Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Need brake line advice
smithpa68:
Hi all. I bought my KX500 and after riding it I noticed the front brake line was bowed and bulging toward the disk rotor. There was a small zip tie on the fork tube protector holding it in place when I bought the bike, but obviously once the suspension compressed, that was snapped off. The guy I bought it from said it has an oversize brake kit. The rotor definately is different than stock. It looks like it even has a carbon fiber center to it. I THINK the caliper is stock. The brake line is definately not stock though. You can see in the pictures that it has a heavy green sheath on it. I found a line on Rocky Mountain from Sunline that looks very close so maybe that is where it came from. I think the sheathing is what is causing the braided portion to bow over. Obviously, I don't like this idea too much and don't want to ride it until I can fix it. I am thinking the only thing I can do is replace the line with one that fits better or has less stiff sheathing on it.
The braking feel is really nice but I can't get past the safety part of it. Any other ideas?
Foxx4Beaver:
By the looks of your pics...you're missing the brake line clamp on the bottom of the fork leg....it might not cure your problem,but it should help.
Foxx4Beaver:
here's a pic of what you're missing.
smithpa68:
ahh... interesting. I didn't know that was missing. I can't seem to find that part on motosport's oem pages...
I wonder if something like this would work??
http://www.ride-engineering.com/products.php?d=1&p=b&pn=BL-00012-CL
Foxx4Beaver:
give Sandblaster a PM....he should be able to get you a part#,and if you're lucky,he might even have the clamp for sale! :-D
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