Quote:Ami right in thinking that when the brake fluid boils you get brake fade? or does that happen before the fluid boils?
As I managed to get brake fade quite a lot back in the day with a duc m900 twin 4 pot brembos on the front with braided hoses and dot4, but i was alot younger and more reckless back then as well.
I think brake fade has more to do with burning up the pads than the fluid. That's why they put slots and holes in performance brakes to help prevent the pad from burning up. With that kinda setup on your brakes you can deffinately burn them up. With compression on the suzuki and leasurely driving I hardly use my brakes accept for stopping at a red light or stop sign.
It's usually recommended that you can use a higher grade brake fluid than the manufacturer calls for, but not a a lower grade.. so if the bike calls for dot 4 don't use dot 3. It probably won't hurt it, but for the 50 cent difference in price at the counter it's probably not worth it.