Maintenance & Technical > KX250 / KX125
CR brake line for kx?
BDI:
The honda and kawi brakes are both made by nissin and the master cylinders have the same bore size. What is it that makes the honda one out perform the kawi one?
jbersano:
Try the lines Goodridge, excellent product... i have one, green... looks and works great!, greetings! - http://www.goodridge.co.uk/motorcycle-brake-lines/kawasaki.htm
hillclimber147:
--- Quote from: BDI on July 09, 2010, 05:13:26 PM ---The honda and kawi brakes are both made by nissin and the master cylinders have the same bore size. What is it that makes the honda one out perform the kawi one?
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately I have no idea. I never looked into it that close. I've had a 97 KX250, 92 KX500 and a 92 CR500. The CR brakes easily outperformed both of my KX's. I bought a CR 250 master cylinder and put that on my 97 KX250. I also had a 99 KX125 brake setup with a Goodridge stainless steel brake line on my Ducati hillclimber. Same mushy, underpowered KX feel to it. Maybe I'm not bleeding them correctly. But I always get CR and now my KTM (450 and 525) brakes to work great.
tschisi:
I am surprised by this thread.
The brakes of my 04 kx250 are much better and more aggressive than the ones of my 05 crf450r ave been.
:-o
Friar-Tuck:
How do your rotors look? I have the rotors turned when I replace the pads (I thought it was standard procedure?) Maybe I wasted a little money but Our Honda's and Kawasaki both stop the same.
You can endo the bikes with two fingers and the rears lock up almost too easily.
Make sure to clean both the rotor and the pads, brake cleaner is great,
but I'm a cheapskate... Put some iso/rubbing alcohol in a small spray bottle. Use clean rags and wipe the pads and rotors down.
Tuck\o/
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