SS brake line routing for early Jota

[henrywillms]

Helping a guy who is helping a guy get an early Jota (twin front disks) on the road. For the front brake lines, with the calipers with 2 bleed nipples and the fitting for the brake line near the fork of the caliper, calipers mounted in front of forks....He has a one piece ss brake line coated in black (ie not using the fixed factory metal line off the caliper). The get it to work he has the bango ends at the splitter and the straight ends going into the caliper, as the banjos if mounted on the calipers  wont clear the forks. It looks kind of strange to me with the banjos hanging down. Is this the way to do it, any other options?  Pic attached (I hope). Did a search and could not see anything, and all my Laverdas have had rear mounted calipers.

 

[henrywillms]

screwed up adjusting the picture size.....hopefully my desc is enough as I re-learn how to make pics smaller in size to attach

 

[Rob]

Obviously depends on the available length, and if the banjos are angled or straight.  I have a personal hatred of lines coming vertically up out of forward mounted calipers, but each to their own! 

In general (and a picture would really help, along with measured hose length!) a straight threaded fixed male end into the splitter will require sufficient brake hose length to curve back and down towards caliper, like the OE arrangement.  A 90 degree banjo used at the splitter allows the hose angle running down to the caliper to be adjusted & avoid having the hose rubbing on mudguard (and oil cooler in extremis), plus enables a shorter length of hose to be used.

I'm guessing that your friend may not have angled banjos which is why he can't fit them to the caliper and clear the fork (leg?).  Without that, I think he's stuck.  Possibly the best you can achieve is to turn the banjos slightly outward, but agree it will always look a bit odd!

 

[Gravelroad]

How about routing them like the factory did, just replacing the rubber hoses with modern stuff? Required parts should be readily available at the usual suspects.

 

[carlitox33]

Obviously depends on the available length, and if the banjos are angled or straight.  I have a personal hatred of lines coming vertically up out of forward mounted calipers, but each to their own! 

In general (and a picture would really help, along with measured hose length!) a straight threaded fixed male end into the splitter will require sufficient brake hose length to curve back and down towards caliper, like the OE arrangement.  A 90 degree banjo used at the splitter allows the hose angle running down to the caliper to be adjusted & avoid having the hose rubbing on mudguard (and oil cooler in extremis), plus enables a shorter length of hose to be used.

I'm guessing that your friend may not have angled banjos which is why he can't fit them to the caliper and clear the fork (leg?).  Without that, I think he's stuck.  Possibly the best you can achieve is to turn the banjos slightly outward, but agree it will always look a bit odd!

Rob, is your oil cooler standard? It looks a lot larger than my 1200?s ...

 

[Grant]

Similar size, different design.

 

[henrywillms]

Thanks guys. Yes the bango fittings have a straight pipe coming off them.  Will suggest the owner see if he can bend them without kinking and run as per the picture.  Or see if there is an alternate product from another supplier if he wants to pursue that.  I am told the original set up is awkward to fit and and many owners like the one piece line better.

 

[Grant]

Don't try to bend them, they could snap or kink.
Buy pre-bent ones.

 

[henrywillms]

Thanks Grant. I will let him know. BTW your picture under "calendar photos" of POP in front of two sail boats in dry dock, caught my attention. My eyes were immediately drawn to the fresh coat of anti-fouling paint on the hulls, having spent the better part of last week scraping, sanding and repainting my boat. Based on that miserable job, I can't support that picture, regardless of the other attributes of the scene. The good news yesterday I managed to get back to the Laverda, and polished the left side engine case (alternator cover).  Took out some scratches and it came up looking nice and shiny.