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Do you guys think/know stainless steel brake lines will fit off a yzf 600?

I dont think...since you can't use the lines when doing a caliper and master swap. Unless my facts are incorrect.

Damn that sucks just bought a pair of goodrich steelbraided lines for 18 dollars p well add to collection

PIMPMYFZR wrote:Damn that sucks just bought a pair of goodrich steelbraided lines for 18 dollars p well add to collection

P,
before you add them to the collection in "the basement", check to see if the reason they are not known to fit is they are too short / long.

I did an impulse buy on a bike i was not too familiar with and they were too short, however got round that by using an FZR splitter and buying a single purpose made piece to make up the difference.
Worked for me who knows you may just still be lucky

If they are too long well get creative about their routing LoL

yamaha_george wrote:

PIMPMYFZR wrote:Damn that sucks just bought a pair of goodrich steelbraided lines for 18 dollars p well add to collection

P,
before you add them to the collection in "the basement", check to see if the reason they are not known to fit is they are too short / long.

I did an impulse buy on a bike i was not too familiar with and they were too short, however got round that by using an FZR splitter and buying a single purpose made piece to make up the difference.
Worked for me who knows you may just still be lucky

If they are too long well get creative about their routing LoL

' George

As soon as postman brings em i will see what i can do with em , hopefully can retro fit somhow or just get some yzf calipers for them .
would rather just hook them up to the ones i have though, well see ..

They might work. The FZR and YZF have the same 130mm travel for the forks and I beleive they are very close in terms of overall fork length. Like George said, put them on and see how close they are. I know the R6 lines are too short on the clutch side.

I looked up the Goodridge catalog, our FZR's aren't even listed any more. The other brands I could find in the Dennis Kirk magazine that listed the FZR always had different numbers for the YZF's and R6's. I still suppose it's possible, try them and see.

If not, I suggest Spiegler. You can go totally custom and they take all the guesswork out of it.

On the other hand Goodridge has the "Build a line" method, but you have to measure everything perfectly yourself and you only get to choose between chrome, black aluminum and plain steel banjo ends and bolts.

If you're going to spend THAT much money to replace them, go with Spiegler because, although maybe 20 - 40 dollars more expensive when all is said and done, they've already got it the EXACT length and you get to choose your line color as well as your banjo colors, plus they have custom colored bolts. I mean you could do what I did,

keep the stock bolts (I probably should have spent the extra money on some purple bolts, but anyway...) I got purple banjos all around with black lines to match my bike. You could really go ape-sh*t if you want to. You could have a green line with a red bolt on the rear and red lines on the front with green bolts, or just about any other color in the rainbow.

Honestly, I think it's anodized aluminum and they look really sharp. Anyway, probably the most "professional" looking installation on anything I've ever done in my life. The ends are also very solid, and come with a special plastic twisting tool that allows you to put the end in a bench vise and twist it if you need to.

I never had to twist mine, they came with the perfect angles and positions from the factory.

That said, I hope it works for you, but if not, try Spiegler. (usually can only order thru local bike / accessory shop)

These are some pictures of the front installation- it's a split system from the master cylinder, it also comes with a matching color double-banjo bolt for that connection.

When I bought my YZF600r brake set, I used the lines that came with it and they fit. Not sure why aftermarket stainless won't fit.

I currently have some ZX6r lines on my bike. They're not perfect, but they do fit.

BTW, Ducati lines are too short... I tried them since they were cheap on eBay.

darrin

ragedigital wrote:When I bought my YZF600r brake set, I used the lines that came with it and they fit. Not sure why aftermarket stainless won't fit.

I currently have some ZX6r lines on my bike. They're not perfect, but they do fit.

BTW, Ducati lines are too short... I tried them since they were cheap on eBay.

darrin

Darrin,
speaking of Ducati I have a spare set of USD forks I thought of using they are so short that the fairing would "ground" on a pebble ((((

so my SS brakelines just came in .. but they are so damn long i doubt ill get these to work<i know wrong attitude >lol
im gonna try when i have some time to play wit them . they look like they will mount up

Yeah they will fit. You'll need a double banjo bolt at the M/C and then run each end to a caliper.

it came with three banjo bolts , my only thing is i ran them along side the lines that are on the bike and they stick out like 6-9 inches further or longer .

PIMPMYFZR wrote:it came with three banjo bolts , my only thing is i ran them along side the lines that are on the bike and they stick out like 6-9 inches further or longer .

PMF,
Remember that your suspension works both ways not only down but up as well when the front wheel is being lightened by you twisting the throttle ( You do that yes <BG> ) The inch or two excess you get creative with in the fairing area.
The double banjo bolt at the master cylinder does have a bleed screw I hope (saves a lot of faffing about bleeding the system .) all the radial hydraulic master cylinder systems have them built in now thank God some one has wised up at the manufacturing end .