Cabos de Freio para Honda CT90

Motorcycle Brake Cables for Honda CT90

Brake cables are an important part of your Honda motorcycle, a safety feature that allows you to slow or stop the motorcycle in time. Over time, you may wish to replace your CT90 brake cables so that your motorcycle can maintain a high safety standard.

Components such as brake cables usually exhibit signs that they are in need of repair, if not a full replacement. For example, brake cables that stick when you attempt to apply the brakes on your motorcycle may be in need of replacement. As these cables are part of a mechanical system, some wear is normal, and eventually needing to replace the cables is also normal. There are other things that may contribute to needing to replace these components, too.

• A stuck cable, or one that does not otherwise move freely, may be the result of rust. If rust has built up along the inner tube of your CT90 brake cables, you should replace them as soon as possible.
• The inner cable tube may become frayed. You will know if this is happening if the brakes on your Honda do not have much tension in them when you apply them.
• The outer piece of the cable is cracked and unable to provide the needed tension to the CT90 to get it to stop efficiently.

Although all mechanical systems should be replaced eventually due to wear, there are a couple of things you can do to maintain or repair your Honda brake cables. Following these guidelines could prolong the life of your brake cables until you find suitable replacement components.

• Using a cable lube device, you can inject lubricant into the bike cables while they are still attached. Alternatively, you can remove them for a complete lubrication before reinstalling them on the bike.
• Its possible that the tension on your brake cables should be adjusted. Cables that are set either too tightly or too loosely will put unnecessary wear on the cables, shortening their lifespan. Improperly calibrated cables may also affect the engine.
• The two types of brake cables used on bikes like the Honda CT90 are front cables and rear cables. Front and rear cables need even spring tension between them. If yours are not calibrated in relation to each other, one set may be off-center when the other is centered correctly.

Cable brakes consist of two main components: a stainless steel braided inner tube and another tube that acts as outer cable housing. Using this design, the cables on a Honda bike like the CT90 would transmit the necessary force to stop the bike by combining tension from the inner cable with compression of the housing tube. Note that some brake cables can work with several model years of Honda motorcycles.