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Re: [ST] Brake Lines



The lines are definitely braided SS, it sounds like they need to be bled if
they are mushy.
Ashley

> Thanks for all the responses to my question regarding SS braided lines for
> the ST. What prompted my thoughts of changing the lines are this. I also
> have an MZ Skorpion Sport Cup. It definitely has SS lines, as they appear
as
> SS lines usually do, and the brakes on this bike are super. They operate
> literally with one finger pressure. For those of you old (wise) enough to
> remember, they feel like the first time you drove a car with power brakes
> after having only driven non-power brakes before.
>
>   The brakes on my ST work well, but there is a fair amount of lever
travel,
> and the lever feels a bit mushy. They've never been serviced for any
reason,
> and have been like this since day one. I just assumed the difference was
the
> lines, but now I'm not sure.The brakes on the MZ are two pot, single rotor
> Grimeca's, so the advantage here would seem to go to the ST. I'm not due
for
> dealer servicing until the fall, and they're a hundred miles at that, so
I'd
> prefer to resolve this at home if possible. Maybe there is nothing wrong
> with my ST's brakes, and I'm just spoiled with the MZ brakes. Does my
> description of the feel of my ST's brakes seem familiar to your
experiences?
>
> Thanks again for any responses, Bill
>
>
>
>
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