I am not a builder (yet anyway) but have 30 years of experience with racing motorcycles, and one of the first things we do on racing bikes is to replace the stock brake lines with steel braided brake lines to both save weight and increase braking feel.? The steel braiding appearantly keeps the inne lining material from expanding under presure, thus eliminating any loss of pressure due to line expansion.? Whatever the engineering reasons, I can say from experience I like the feel of, and get better braking results with the steel braided lines than stock rubber ones, and on a racing machine any weight savings is always good.? Maybe this is something good for the airplane builders also.
Todd Thelin Spanaway, WA I was flying down to Natfly when I landed at Moree I was taxing around on on the long strip and I blew the clear brake line tube (most KR's use on the Clevelands). The tube blew about 30mm from the caliper there is a slight bend at this point where the line then runs up the back of the Diel leg. I have since found out that this type of tube can not tolerate heat and it's operating and burst pressure decreases. I am currently looking at hydraulic tube that has an operating pressure of 10 000 PSI and a working temp of 350 degress celsius -----Original Message----- From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 5:56 am Subject: KR> Fw: MY KR Shimmy Problem
