Braided clutch lines

[VFR_KID]

Hey folks.

Now we all know the benefits of having braided brake lines. But would you be overly bothered about braided clutch lines? Taking aesthetics out of the matter.

My front lines are silver braided and back will soon be the same. But the only reason I can come up with for Clutch is aesthetics.
Opinions please,

Cheers

 

[growse]

Isn't the point of a braided line to stop the line itself from deforming under hydraulic pressure? So, utterly pointless on a cable-clutch.

If you did have a hydraulic clutch (do they exist?) it's not the case that the more you squeeze the more clutch you get, so again, I can't really see much of a benefit.

 

[kae2]

Isn't the point of a braided line to stop the line itself from deforming under hydraulic pressure? So, utterly pointless on a cable-clutch.

If you did have a hydraulic clutch (do they exist?) it's not the case that the more you squeeze the more clutch you get, so again, I can't really see much of a benefit.

Are you being serious? Do hydraulic clutches exist? Really?

 

[VFR_KID]

For sure they do. my VFR thats 24 years old has one

 

[Fireskull]

Aesthetics really, I would change it though for the sake of what £20-30 a line, looks a lot better and you wont have to worry about it again.

 

[Maccapacca]

You can get sleeves of braid to rar up you look

 

[VFR_KID]

I tried that sleeved stuff once for the car. It ended up on the ground and me swearing lol.

So im guessing there really isn't any increased function to them.

Its aesthetics im going for over anything since my other lines will be the same. I just wanted to know if there was any form of improved functionality with them. My head said no since I understand how brakes and clutches work but wasnt sure

 

[Maccapacca]

At the very extreme if it was hydrauilc I'd say you could be transfering pressure to your clutch, I think some rubber cables are made to flex and take out overpressures and sudden increases in pressure, but I may be worng

 

[Ghosteh]

I can only imagine it would benefit it, albeit not as much as brakes, due to the rubber lines expanding when pulling the clutch in. But I can't really imagine it benefiting in a way that you'd notice.

But if you're doing the brake lines, I'd definitely do the clutch too for aesthetic reasons.

 

[ShakenNstirred]

At the very extreme if it was hydrauilc I'd say you could be transfering pressure to your clutch, I think some rubber cables are made to flex and take out overpressures and sudden increases in pressure, but I may be worng

i think with the pressures involved a braided line will make no difference on a clutch, its not like a brake line that needs a lot of pressure at the pad to brake

 

[helpimcrap]

as said with a clutch its aesthetics. for brakes its performance improving as braided lines won't expand in the way a normal rubber hose would so useful for braking feel but aside from the heat of the engine having a minor effect utterly pointless on a clutch pipe.

 

[Maccapacca]

i think with the pressures involved a braided line will make no difference on a clutch, its not like a brake line that needs a lot of pressure at the pad to brake

Agreed but if something is wrong you could be exerting to much pressure to the clutch where the rubber pipe would just expand and take the relief.

I doubt it would in the real world it would matter

 

[Dogbreath]

Agreed but if something is wrong you could be exerting to much pressure to the clutch where the rubber pipe would just expand and take the relief.

The standard hoses aren't usually just plain rubber (at least on the bikes I have seen), they normally have some reinforcing internally just like flexible brake hoses. If something was wrong that prevented the clutch slave cylinder moving, the standard hoses are unlikely to expand to accommodate any extra pressure unless they were really knackered. In any case you would immediately feel if this happened since the lever would get very stiff; only the foolish would apply a death grip in an attempt to make it operate in this case.

That said Aeroquip hosing on the clutch could improve the feel of the clutch a little, depending just how flexible the OEM hose is. The biggest difference will be aesthetics though.