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--- Quote from: hughes ---I have used dot 3 with poor results. After about three rides the fluid is burnt looking. I have been using dot 4 now with great results. Four or five rides the fluid still looks new. Dot 4 has a higher boiling point.
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DOT 5.1 :) which is compatable with DOT 3 and 4.

NOT to be confused with DOT 5 which isn't compatable with 3, 4, or 5.1

hughes:
Good info. I have not heard of dot 5.1 but my look for it next time.

Norway:
I also use the DOT 5.1 fluid. Been braking my way round the motard-track for some
hours this year, and it still looks new.

Timbowe:
Is this right? The higher the dot number the higher the resistance to heat... But the more moisture it absorbs when cooling. When racing road bikes, the gun riders allways used to tell me to change the fluid regularly to aviod corrosion inside the calliper and master cylinders. Mind you the heat generated from the roadracers compared to the offroaders may be quite different...  :?

hughes:
That's right I would change the fluid at least twice a year or more often. The more you ride the more often the brake fluid will need to be changed. And change it if the bike is going to be stored for a long period of time.

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