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HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:36 am
by marcus57
please excuse my ignorance but i have tryed the serch bar to find this out but had no luck, what i would like to know is what is the need for this over standard?
thanks in advance
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Genuine ... 3359238fd1
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:40 am
by porndoguk
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:41 am
by marcus57
yup what?

haha
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:43 am
by Drunkn Munky
It'll need filling up more often, looks trick tho. Don't buy that one tho, there's a guy on eBay selling that plus a fancy coloured tube for the front Inc aswell for the same price
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:48 am
by superlite
It allows you to ditch your standard reservoir and hose and just use a shorter length of HRC hose in its place. Basically a smaller and neater set-up. Often there's no room for a reservoir pot when your run an aftermarket seat unit or subframe.
Personally, I wouldn't use the HRC hose - it weeps fluid which is not a good thing. Alright if you're a race team and replace it with a new one after every race though. I just use some new braided rubber hose and the HRC bung and clips - no weaping and jobs a gooden

Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:47 am
by marcus57
Cheers for the responce , by the sounds of it I don't need one then but I have already bid on it , oh well .
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:32 am
by Neosophist
marcus57 wrote:Cheers for the responce , by the sounds of it I don't need one then but I have already bid on it , oh well .
You bid before you don't know what it is?
I don't use one on the road, there's nothing wrong with the standard resevoir :-)
Supertrick track bike with strange rear etc would be useful, but there not designed for long-term use.. they will deteriorate / weep etc.
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:18 am
by marcus57
Neosophist wrote:marcus57 wrote:Cheers for the responce , by the sounds of it I don't need one then but I have already bid on it , oh well .
You bid before you don't know what it is?
I don't use one on the road, there's nothing wrong with the standard resevoir :-)
Supertrick track bike with strange rear etc would be useful, but there not designed for long-term use.. they will deteriorate / weep etc.
Yes I know iv done it ass backwards but I'm in the middle if a spending spree , all I need to Finnish the back end is a rs 250 shock
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:24 am
by ANDYC8888
They aren't really any good for the road, also an MOT failing point. Although like a lot of other things it depends on where you go.
Re: HRC brake reservoir kit
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:16 pm
by porndoguk
marcus57 wrote:
yup what?

haha
sorry i misread your post in thought you were asking if this was what you need to replace the standard,
all the difference is weight saving, and you can see the level, easier and drain easier, its really intended for Racing use only, but it looks trick, i got green hose on mine with a clear pvc one over the top to create a atmospheric barier as i found recently that brake fluid sweats through the HRC hose, but in race bikes its not a proble as the fluid should or tends to be removed and replaced after each race.