I have this issue. Where I ride, I pretty much need to have a parking brake. I dont always have a place to park thats totally flat, and leaving my blaster in gear, if the hill is steep enough, it will just roll anyway.
I use my parking brake all the time, but Im doing a front hydraulic conversion with YFZ 450 twin pot calipers, and Im really considering an AWK rear GSXR conversion but I need a parking brake.
So I thought about it and was wondering if anyone has ever used some sort of line lock as a parking brake. The basic concept is you step on the rear brake (or if you put it on the fronts, just pull the lever) to clamp the calipers down, then you flip the switch on the line lock and it holds the pressure so the brake stays actuated.
Youd have to use a mechanical one as the electronic ones would require a battery, but honestly guys, how feasible does this sound? And has anyone ever done anything like this?
**EDIT** Ive been researching and I cant find a smaller line lock type device, but I know how I can make one, I just need the basis for the part.
My idea goes like this. A hydraulic plunger style device with an in port and an out port that can be manipulated so fluid can be locked in the cylinder by moving the plunger.
I even thought about going so far as to make it work with the stock ebrake cable so to initiate the brake Id hit the rear brake pedal, then pull the clutch and the brake button which would move the hydraulic plunger and maybe put a spring loaded mechanism on it so when I release the brake the plunger springs back to open and the brake system flows.
What I need help with would be finding something that would be suitable to use for this application. Something the size of a brake master cylinder (without the fluid reservoir) or similiar would be ideal.
ON a totally flip side, what about the idea of making a spring loaded device that will hold the brake pedal down thats operated by a cable. So, for example theres some sort of a device that will obstruct the brake pedals return back up, thus keeping pressure on the rear brakes when the device is active, but when it isnt, the pedal moves up and down freely. Hell, to be honest, this would be far easier to make than a hydraulic system lock I think.
Ideas anyone? I just want to find a way to keep pressure on the rear caliper when Im parked, that has a simple method of activation and deactivation, thats simple and reliable. Im open for ANY ideas to be honest.
I use my parking brake all the time, but Im doing a front hydraulic conversion with YFZ 450 twin pot calipers, and Im really considering an AWK rear GSXR conversion but I need a parking brake.
So I thought about it and was wondering if anyone has ever used some sort of line lock as a parking brake. The basic concept is you step on the rear brake (or if you put it on the fronts, just pull the lever) to clamp the calipers down, then you flip the switch on the line lock and it holds the pressure so the brake stays actuated.
Youd have to use a mechanical one as the electronic ones would require a battery, but honestly guys, how feasible does this sound? And has anyone ever done anything like this?
**EDIT** Ive been researching and I cant find a smaller line lock type device, but I know how I can make one, I just need the basis for the part.
My idea goes like this. A hydraulic plunger style device with an in port and an out port that can be manipulated so fluid can be locked in the cylinder by moving the plunger.
I even thought about going so far as to make it work with the stock ebrake cable so to initiate the brake Id hit the rear brake pedal, then pull the clutch and the brake button which would move the hydraulic plunger and maybe put a spring loaded mechanism on it so when I release the brake the plunger springs back to open and the brake system flows.
What I need help with would be finding something that would be suitable to use for this application. Something the size of a brake master cylinder (without the fluid reservoir) or similiar would be ideal.
ON a totally flip side, what about the idea of making a spring loaded device that will hold the brake pedal down thats operated by a cable. So, for example theres some sort of a device that will obstruct the brake pedals return back up, thus keeping pressure on the rear brakes when the device is active, but when it isnt, the pedal moves up and down freely. Hell, to be honest, this would be far easier to make than a hydraulic system lock I think.
Ideas anyone? I just want to find a way to keep pressure on the rear caliper when Im parked, that has a simple method of activation and deactivation, thats simple and reliable. Im open for ANY ideas to be honest.
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