High fender

[EricV]

I'd love some more info/pics of how you did this!

You create your new high fender mount and pick your fender, mount it up, then remove your front brake lines from the T junction up under the lower triple tree. Note how the left caliper has a retaining area for the brake line. You want something similar on the Right side too so the new brake line doesn't flop around and stress a junction, which can cause a leak. Take pictures of the junctions at each caliper and the T junction at the top. Or at the master cylinder reservoir if you want to run two lines all the way from there. (no need).

Now go get a few feet of hose, anything that's about the same size or slightly smaller diameter than your brake lines. Use that to sort out how you want your lines to run, use plastic T, Y or other fittings for vacuum lines to put things together the way you want the new lines to run.

Now go find a hydraulic hose shop in your area. Call and ask if they can make up brake lines in Stainless Steel with plastic coating. Take your fake lines and your real brake lines to the shop and pay close attention to fittings and the directions they point. The T fitting is part of the Yamaha line, so it either needs to be re-used or something similar needs to be used there. The shop will have a book listing all the fittings they can get.

Then you end up with something like this. Cost at the time for one set was around $135 if I recall correctly.


Note in the pic above how the new fitting allows a T configuration with the OEM line from the master cylinder going into a hole not shown opposite the one with a bend. This fitting also has the needed bolt hole in it so you can bolt it back to the bike where the OEM fitting bolts up. Because the OEM junction block is part of the line, you can't buy it seperately from Yamaha. And it wasn't a common part at the time I got my lines made in '11, thus the round junction block. (Which worked perfectly)

The above lines were originally made for a 2" rise fender. Later that became a full high mount. The rubber plug shown in the pic above can be removed and a expansion plug can be installed there to bolt the new fender mount to.

 

[mengel1348]

You create your new high fender mount and pick your fender, mount it up, then remove your front brake lines from the T junction up under the lower triple tree. Note how the left caliper has a retaining area for the brake line. You want something similar on the Right side too so the new brake line doesn't flop around and stress a junction, which can cause a leak. Take pictures of the junctions at each caliper and the T junction at the top. Or at the master cylinder reservoir if you want to run two lines all the way from there. (no need).

Now go get a few feet of hose, anything that's about the same size or slightly smaller diameter than your brake lines. Use that to sort out how you want your lines to run, use plastic T, Y or other fittings for vacuum lines to put things together the way you want the new lines to run.

Now go find a hydraulic hose shop in your area. Call and ask if they can make up brake lines in Stainless Steel with plastic coating. Take your fake lines and your real brake lines to the shop and pay close attention to fittings and the directions they point. The T fitting is part of the Yamaha line, so it either needs to be re-used or something similar needs to be used there. The shop will have a book listing all the fittings they can get.

Then you end up with something like this. Cost at the time for one set was around $135 if I recall correctly.
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Note in the pic above how the new fitting allows a T configuration with the OEM line from the master cylinder going into a hole not shown opposite the one with a bend. This fitting also has the needed bolt hole in it so you can bolt it back to the bike where the OEM fitting bolts up. Because the OEM junction block is part of the line, you can't buy it seperately from Yamaha. And it wasn't a common part at the time I got my lines made in '11, thus the round junction block. (Which worked perfectly)
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The above lines were originally made for a 2" rise fender. Later that became a full high mount. The rubber plug shown in the pic above can be removed and a expansion plug can be installed there to bolt the new fender mount to.
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Awesome. Thank you so much! I'm going to work on this in the next couple week and I will report back. Thanks again!