Reservoir Sock?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Tigger, it strikes me as strange that you're using DOT5... is your brake system compatable with that? Imho brakes [as a safety feature] are more important than anything else on your bike - as even if you blow a tire, you still need to stop. Maintaining brakes are a big deal...



orly?



See, I can quote random internet articles too
http://www.motorcycleproject.com/mot...rakefluid.html

Oh btw the thing with water and silicone based fluid is that silicone won't mix with water what so ever, which leaves raw water in your system...if it were present to begin with. There is no way for water to just "appear" in a braking system, which makes that concern a bit stupid.imho.

Yea mine was from a part's suppliers website and not an "article" although I do agree with Trip that it's not "proof". Heck, as far as I'm concerned, I like Homeslice's proof of my supposition better, a MSDS/handling sheet from the manufacturer. The SBS page was the first thing that came up when I did a search. My reasons for the using a cover and for using silicone based brake fluid are my own, formulated over 25 years of riding experience...period.

1. cover-total fashion statement, almost zero function.

2 Dot 5 brake fluid.
a don't have to change it as often-according to the manufacturer
b won't eat my paint if it is spilled
c pretty purple color

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

... My reasons for the using a cover and for using silicone based brake fluid are my own, formulated over 25 years of riding experience...period.

1. cover-total fashion statement, almost zero function.

2 Dot 5 brake fluid.
a don't have to change it as often-according to the manufacturer
b won't eat my paint if it is spilled
c pretty purple color

Everything I've read, and my conversations with actual trained and certified mechanics are against DOT5 fluid going into a system designed for glycol [DOT 3, 4, 5.1] fluids... strange. Hmmmmmmm hope the pretty purple color works well for ya

fwiw, I don't care if or why people use a wristband to cover a reservoir.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Everything I've read, and my conversations with actual trained and certified mechanics are against DOT5 fluid going into a system designed for glycol [DOT 3, 4, 5.1] fluids... strange. Hmmmmmmm hope the pretty purple color works well for ya

fwiw, I don't care if or why people use a wristband to cover a reservoir.

I've been using silicone based fluid in this bike since 2006, which is also the last time I changed it btw and I've been using it in every bike since at least my '01 or '03 GSXR, I'm not sure. The requirement is that you flush your system completely, since I only make the change while replacing my brake lines, I'm pretty safe. BTW there isn't any reaction between the actual fluids but there can be between the different additives used.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

2 Dot 5 brake fluid.
a don't have to change it as often-according to the manufacturer
b won't eat my paint if it is spilled
c pretty purple color

How can you see the pretty colour if it is covered with a sweat band?

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

How can you see the pretty colour if it is covered with a sweat band?

Now you are just being a doucher. lol. And there is no "u" in "color."

[marko138]

Originally Posted by t-rock

Now you are just being a doucher. lol. And there is no "u" in "color."

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by t-rock

And there is no "u" in "color."

Canadians =

And you should know that a Jordan logo takes priority over pretty purple fluid.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

How can you see the pretty colour if it is covered with a sweat band?

That was the Dot 5 portion of the debate, read what I quoted.

[Trip]

From an old road racer:

I started using them in the early 80's to stop brake fluid from blowing up onto the inside of the windscreen at high speeds on the race track. The cap is vented to allow the fluid to go down as the brake pads wear and that allows the fluid to wick up when the wind creates a vacuum behind the windscreen. At tracks like Road America, Daytona, Brainerd, Texas World Speedway, and Road Atlanta we would wear a new set of hard pads down to the base plate. At Road America we had to change the pads mid race because they were gone. To allow for excessive pad wear it was imperative that the resevoir be filled to the top and that exacerbated the brake fluid blowing onto the windscreen. During a shopping trip to the local Walmart in Fon du Lac Wisconsin I passed by the sweat bands hanging and decided to try them in an effort to stop buying a new screen after every race. It works. They have since been on every race bike I have ever had. I don't use them on my street bikes.