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Popped my rear brake line after a tire change on my old bike. My dumbass fault.

Rear brake line for a Gen 1 is back-ordered to Japan. Brake line, and 4 copper gaskets = $199.

That was a damn expensive oops. Mind you, I got it in 10 days which if you think about it, is pretty good.

I'm curious how you damaged it......so I don't make the same bonehead move.

You need to take it to a hydraulics place and have them make you a replacement. You have to tell them its a flexible line from some hydraulic actuator for your pop up camper or something because they usually won't make brake lines due to liability. But I have matched up "hydraulic" lines for $10-15 before.

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Or just buy a braided stainless brake line from one of the aftermarket providers.

To late. New one is already on.

They ordered the wrong one naturally. Maybe from a Gen II. Regardless. It actually fit better.

Anyway. The backstory:

I ran a car tire (past tense) which means I had to ditch the caliper stay and fit a new flat one to gain room for the tire. The stock brake stay had brackets and such to route the brake line nicely. Well, like most guys WHO LOSE THEIR f@$king MINDS and run a car tire, I zip tied the brake line to the fab'ed up caliper stay.

Right after I fitted the car tire originally, it shifted and the outer protective sheath on the brake line rubbed the tire. It didn't go through, just damaged the sheath. (Oddly enough FJRRob did exactly the same thing, except his popped the day we left for our big 2010 trip around the country).

So, a few weeks ago, I took off the fresh set of PR3's I had on the bike, and put the old Conti's back on. It was hot as f@$k that day and I just wasn't paying attention. When I moved the caliper, the hose moved and slipped into position to start rubbing again.

It didn't last this time and popped when I pulled out of the driveway.

I figure I lucked out. That car tire tried to kill me, indirectly. Sneaky things.

Silverback: We tried to get a hydraulic shop to make one up in 2010. Not a chance for the reason you state. Liability.

Dang.. I still have a gen one rear hanging out here...