P34 Caliper Brake Lines
 

Just bought a pair of individual brake lines to fit to the P34 (4 pad) calipers that I bought from Adam (cheers mate, got your letter).

Since I am fitting these calipers to a 916SPS, I had to order the hoses to fit the SPS master cylinder with a double length banjo bolt and with end fittings suitable for the P34 calipers.

When ordering them, I said that they should be made to fit a 996R or 748R as these have those calipers as standard.

Just managed to venture into my garage to trial fit them and noticed the following:

- the caliper end banjo fittings are angled at 60deg so when the hose is attached to the caliper it sticks out at 60 degrees (upwards/outboard from bike centreline)..this doesn't seem right!
For the hose to go around the back of the fork leg, I would expect the banjo fitting to be straight or maybe angled at 10degrees or so to clear the mudguard - have any "R" owners got advice on this?

- with the fittings at 60 degrees, I then thought maybe these are hoses that are designed to go around the front of the fork legs (like on a race bike) - have any "R" owners got these type of hoses and if so, are the banjo fittings at 60degrees?

Comments/advice would be much appreciated from the elitist and privileged few who own "R" type bikes fitted with 4 pad calipers...:sing::sing::sing:

Cheers,

R X

p.s. it's not snowing now.

Sounds like they've sent you lines to fit a 749R or 999R with radial 4 pad calipers.

I dunno...it says "996R" on the packaging.

OK, so what are the banjos like on the other end of the lines? Quite often, they are at a slightly unexpected angle, this is to ensure that they don't interfere with each other.

Is it possible you have them the wrong way round?

Nah..not the wrong way round, I tried both ways!

Anyway, spoke to the shop and they will re-make them - I think they sent hoses suitable for the original 996 65mm spacing calipers as they have a 60-90degree bend on them.

Ta for your interest.

R X

[Edited on 4-3-2005 by RickyX]

This is what they should look like.

Richard, you could have had my hoses:lol::lol:

Cheers mate, I have sent that piccy with the returned hoses so that they can make them correctly.

R X

Oh cheers Adam, I didn't know you had any!!! :lol:
Maybe if you'd remembered to put them in the box with the calipers I would have avoided this extra hassle!!!!! :bouncy::bouncy::bouncy:

Never mind, as Phil Oakey "sang":
"I’m only human
Of flesh and blood I’m made
Human
Born to make mistakes....."
What a cr@p song..but kinda catchy in a poppy sort of way.

R X