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Yamaha Tech Originally the Yamaha XT600 Tech Forum, due to demand it now includes all Yamaha's technical / mechanical / repair / preparation questions.
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Just get some on ebay
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im searching ebay but cant find for my year. 1991 3TB. is the hoses simular on this and the 1995 and forward bikes?
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can i use any of these on my 1991 3tb?


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If you can't find the hose you are looking for at a retailer.....

Machinery with hydraulic controls are everywhere. Where you are standing right now I bet you can see one. These machines require servicing.

So:

Go to your local hydraulic shop and have them build a line for you. Very simple job for them. If they can see the line they can reproduce it. I didn't even need to remove my old one from the bike, they just eyeballed it and got out the tape measure.

It will very likely cost less than one off the shelf!

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Alternativly try David Lambeth @

www.davidlambeth.co.uk

0044(0)1205 871 945

David Lambeth does all things XT

And I might add that I have no conection other than He allowed me to use his engineering skills and knowledge, along with his parts supply.

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I would gues 1990-1995 would have the same brakelines, cnat see what should have changed
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i have sendt him a mail.

i cant get a hydraulic shop to fix. it wont be street legal and they know it and refuses to do brake lines...

i have sendt mails to 4-5 different online shops, none have answered...
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i cant get a hydraulic shop to fix. it wont be street legal and they know it and refuses to do brake lines...



Ahhhhh, the not so sweet smell of government bureaucracy at work. How would we ever get through life without their guiding hand.

I hope something else works out for you.

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Here: Wezmoto Braided Brake Line Kit Yamaha XT600 - eBay (item 130503085038 end time Jun-27-11 16:02:46 PDT)

Seems cheap aswell
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They are all the same since 1988 or 1989 up until 2003!
just a few milimeters difference.
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Unless your forks are bottoming I would be inclined to leave them alone. They are meant to move and if heavily damped cant follow the road contours.
I, like many others have installed thinner oil in the forks of my originally overdamped Enfield.
Diving could be caused by sudden application of brakes instead of smooth, also use of front brake only and not using the rear brake to stabilise/settle * the bike before the front kicks it. Your brakes may be grabbing or binding??

* using a bit of rear brake first will lower both front and rear suspensions so when the front brake comes on it wont dip much as both the front and rear the suspension is already partly stiffened. Using the front brake only will dip the front suspension and RAISE the rear making the dip, or dive very pronounced.
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