GreenVTX
05-28-2005, 07:17 PM
Installed the NoHose rear reservoir a while back and just wanted to post a pic and offer comments. It's a well made piece for the money IMO and nicely chromed. Install is pretty straightforward but there is a metal guide that comes over the top of the hose on the stock set-up that you will want to cut off if you put this on. I just used a sawzall with metal cutting blade which made short work of it. (It's always a fun experience to take a sawzall to your X :shock: )
You don't even have to bleed the brakes if you are careful when installing (don't push down on the brake pedal) and it really cleans up the bike by getting rid of that frame mounted reservoir and hose that runs across the exhaust. Difficulty of install on a scale from 1-5 would be a 3 and it would be a 2 if you didn't need to cut off that metal guide.
http://bigbikeriders.com/photopost/data/500/1474NoHose2.jpg
You don't even have to bleed the brakes if you are careful when installing (don't push down on the brake pedal) and it really cleans up the bike by getting rid of that frame mounted reservoir and hose that runs across the exhaust. Difficulty of install on a scale from 1-5 would be a 3 and it would be a 2 if you didn't need to cut off that metal guide.
http://bigbikeriders.com/photopost/data/500/1474NoHose2.jpg