where to find brake hose 1977 cb750k?

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where to find brake hose 1977 cb750k?

duluth dog
Please some one help me. i have been scouring the net trying to find a new front brake hose fro my '77 cb750k but cant find anything.  i have gone into a motorsports shop that supplied honda parts but they said, no luck.  i havent had luck looking at spiegler or hel either.  please please please someone help me!
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Your google-fu must be really weak! Hoses are available all over the place.
http://www.helperformance.us/hel-brake-lines-for-honda-cb750-k2-1972.html
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/search/go#w=brake%20lines

Just a couple quick ones. You don't need some part that says "for cb750 1977" you just nee a line that is long enough with the right banjo bolts.

It may be harder to find a line if you just absolutely must keep the hard line from the caliper. I can tell you that the hard line is in no way needed. I did away with mine and braking works perfectly.
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Yes the hard line is what makes it hard to find a replacement line. I also do away with the hard line. All you have to do is install a banjo fitting with a banjo bolt.It takes a 10mm X 1.25 thread banjo bolt, and it will screw right into the caliper. However you might need to cut the bolt shorter, so that it does not bottom out.
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1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
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duluth dog
thanks for the help.  i was trying to find a hose with the banjo fittings built right in. but i decided just to go with a universal hose and get the fittings separate. its a lot easier that way
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If you check your local Yellow Pages for companies that make hydraulic hoses, you will probably find someone local that makes up brake hoses. Here in Kansas City I use Tompkins Industries.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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duluth dog
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just thought i would give an update for everyone.  i had decided to just toss out the hard line part of the brakes and go entirely with one hose.  on my bike there were originally 2 hoses, one ran from the master cylinder to the pressure switch for the brake light, and the other ran from pressure switch to the brake caliper and housing.  i thought this was a bit unnecessary so i instead found a single longer line with two banjo fitting, one with a 90 degree bend for the handlebar end, and another with a 35 degree bend for the caliper end.  the caliper end banjo fitting is just held in with a run of the mill banjo bolt, but the top end uses a banjo bolt - pressure switch combo.  pretty cool piece of hardware i found on ebay or amazon, honestly cant quite remember.  it adds a nice little "custom did it myself" feel and gets rid of old ugly parts
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