Jota front brake hose length

mcnicol

mcnicol

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Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Has anyone who's done this kept a record of how long they had to have custom front brake hoses made? Specifically, I'm looking for the length I need for my '78 Jota (with Jota bars) and reversed forks (calipers behind the sliders, although I don't think it makes any difference to the length, I'm using the standard hoses already). I'd like to eliminate the splitter and have 2 hoses running straight from the master cylinder to the calipers, mostly to make to system easier to bleed. I don't want to have to disconnect my existing system because I've finally got all the air out of it and I don't want to have to start THAT process again.
I know I'll need a longer banjo bolt for the master cylinder, with a switch built into it (until I try a different master cylinder with a mechanical switch). Ideally, if there's a packaged kit I can buy for another bike from Venhill etc I'd rather do that. The custom hose makers I've run across here so far can best be described as dodgy (or worse) :o

Ken
 
Do USA Regs need you to have a brake light switch on the front then Ken? Why bother with a switch if you don't need it, after all you have one on the rear, so it's not as if you cant flash the brake light if needed.
 
Ken,
If I remember I'll measure No 2's brake hoses today.
She has reversed forks and no splitter.
Let you know.

Red
 
"SPIDER" said:
Do USA Regs need you to have a brake light switch on the front then Ken? Why bother with a switch if you don't need it, after all you have one on the rear, so it's not as if you cant flash the brake light if needed.
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Spider

Front brake light switch is optional in Florida at least, but I've become very attached to the front switch. Where I live has the second highest population density in the US after Manhattan Island, so the traffic here is always awful, and frequently f^$#@#^%%ing awful. At least I have a job with odd enough hours that I usually don't have to travel in preak hour traffic so I can ride my Jota. Lane splitting here is not permitted. You will get shot by a moribund driver if you try it, I'm not joking, even the cops don't try to use bikes because of the godawful drivers.
So I don't take chances on becoming a Buick "hood" (bonnet to the rest of the world) ornament if I have to slow down unexpectedly, and don't have my foot poised over the brake pedal and count on my front brake switch to save me. It happens often enough, not so much in my pre-dawn commute as in broad daylight on the open road.

Ken
 
Ken, You can make the hoses yourself quite easily and customizing the length and routing would be up to you. A quick dance through an Earl's Supply or Pegasus Racing catalog will show you your fitting options [banjos,nipples etc.] and assembling them is easy. Cutting the hose with a good sharp pair of diag. cutters works really well on the -3 hose instead of using a saw and puncturing your fingertips on the braid is like a badge of honor. I've made a bunch of them and had no problems,I use them on my race and street bikes and after 30yrs. I'm still around!
 
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