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don't know how to discribe this but,.. i'v noticed what looks like a wrist sweat band around the front brake reservoir on race bikes ,... why ???
:stupicphantom menace said:now u know i'm going to go out and do that just to be cool !!!,... :hammer
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chances are your tank will get scratched in a crash though right...?jasamb said:I have a sweatband on my brake resorvoir and here's why:
When you crash, your brake resovoir usually breaks off, breaks open, or the cap comes off.
If this happens, the fluid will get all over everything.
Brake fluid eats paint away.
Hopefully, the wirstband will keep the resovoir together or AT LEAST soak up enough of the brake fluid to keep it off the paint.
That way, in the event that the bike is repairable, re-painting the tank is one less thing I will have to worry about.
So for $1.99, hopefully I will save a few hundred dolars to repaint the tank when I crash.
I think the LED's from the dash lighting up the brake fuild green looks kinda cool.CreePer said:I have em on my bike because light shines through them at nights ,especially the neutral light and it glows. somewhat annoying
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I was told that we use it out of courtesy for the track crew. Makes it easier to clean up the track after a wreck if the bike doesn't spew fluids all over the place.TWOtheONE said:race at willow springs in the summer time, everybody has them....i was told to prevent the brake lines from getting too hot. but what do i know?
my bike vapor locked 5 times because the gas boiled.....because it gets so hot out there....why wouldn't the brake lines experience the same thing?
again, i don't have a 100% answer, just what i was told by asking around...
if you crash, you need to worry about a little more than a couple ounces of brake fluid eating your paint.