How to: Extend brake line on ABS bikes (cheap)

[Jay]

Thanks @Claviger for this tip. I tried to install a longer brake line today and had all the right parts...except apparently I also had the same ham-fisted builder installing my brake lines. The nut going into the master cylinder line near the neck was so over tightened it had flared out. It is a steel nut too, so Triumph must have the burliest mechanics on brake line duty. Anyway, spent the afternoon learning how to flare brake line so I could cut off the tube and replace the nut. Learned a whole lot more about brakes and brake lines today that I hadn't planned on, but this is how it goes in tinker land.