braided lines...legal????

[montsta56]

Took bike for a warrant at testing station an the blokes there reckon my braided brake lines need to be certified ??? true or false???

[Flyingpony]

From what I remember reading other posts on here:
the need to be certified comes from the fact your braided lines don't have numbers stamped on them.

Having braided lines is not illegal but they'll need numbers.

[Sniper]

True, the lines need to be certified to NZ standards.

[emaN]

oooo, guess i've been lucky so far then.

mine say "Earls", that's it...

shame you can't try another testing station either - them days are gone.

so what now? does he have to get another set of lines?

[James Deuce]

Had to replace the braided lines on my TRX for certified ones. Very annoying.

[vifferman]

From what I remember reading other posts on here:
the need to be certified comes from the fact your braided lines don't have numbers stamped on them.

Having braided lines is not illegal but they'll need numbers.

True.
I had my beautiful Aerotek BSR lines on my VTR for less than a week when I had to have them replaced with some that were almost identical (actually slightly inferior) but with number printed on the sheathing of the lines.
Was actually my first post on here, asking the same question as you.

[imdying]

Screw together ones can't be certified, as they can be taken apart and reassembled without replacing the retaining olive, which is bad. Crimp ones are easy enough though, I've made a couple. I use Nelson fittings, which are the same ones used on rubber hose, certified to 1702, and then spacers to accomodate the thinner braided line.

Not really a fan though... I've seen the rubber outer on a regular line take 4000psi without bursting, when the inner had given up. You don't get that insurance on braided. I've also got low expansion rubber hose, which is nice for bikes (and trailers with really long sliding draw bars )

[Postie]

as we are talking about braided lines, where's the best place to get them and what price are they normally?

[FlyingDutchMan]

I just got my WOF in the weekend. Got front braided line, with a plastic sheathing (I think its got the standard on it), and its a screw together. Got a warrent no troubles whats so ever.

[imdying]

Yep, I've had cars with larger motors WOF'd, doesn't mean it's legal though.

[F5 Dave]

Alert engineering in Auckers does Hel brand lines with cert no.s

[Rashika]

I just got my WOF in the weekend. Got front braided line, with a plastic sheathing (I think its got the standard on it), and its a screw together. Got a warrent no troubles whats so ever.

Sooooo just for the record where did you get the WOF from?
And does this mean you are back on the road again?

[HenryDorsetCase]

oooo, guess i've been lucky so far then.

mine say "Earls", that's it...

shame you can't try another testing station either - them days are gone.

so what now? does he have to get another set of lines?

what if Earl wants his braided lines back?

[HenryDorsetCase]

I just got a braided line made up by Pitlane in Christchurch. I havent had to get a wOF yet (next month). But Don has assured me 100% that due to the construction and the wee printed numbers on the line, I wont have an issue.

Time will tell.

[FlyingDutchMan]

Sooooo just for the record where did you get the WOF from?
And does this mean you are back on the road again?

Got the lines put in by Don at Pitlane/Cycletreads. Got the WOF at VTNZ station in sockburn. The guy (he rides/fixes bikes too) looked a little dubious about my homebuilt speedo/odo, but he didn't have the slightest problem with the brake lines. And the bike isn't really running, the head gaskett is still screwed, but its close enough that I can get there and back before it runs out of water and it overheats. I've got another engine which is getting a full going over (valve seating, clearances, cooling system, etc), before being put in. Between two engines I recon I can get one awesome one, and a positively crap one.