Anyone got experience of Chinese Brake/Clutch mastercylinders ?

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    Has anyone used the Chinese brake /clutch mastercylinders?
    Any good?
    Looking to upgrade ones on my Trophy as have 955 frontend in now and seen these.
    Just wonderedon quality etc.
    Everything seems to be made in China at moment so quality seems to be there.
    Have and original nissin with reservoir brake mastercylinder but struggling to find hydraulic clutch one to match, zx7 or gsxr ones seem to be similar.
     
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    Tigcraft (member on this forum) has a Chinese bike so he might know.
     
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    I heard of Chinese levers failing but then again I heard people used it with success too:eek:

    Not sure of master cylinders though. Sorry buddy
     
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    I would go with a ZX7 clutch and a Triumph D675/Suzuki GSXR radial brake.
     
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    Exactly what have decided to do although couldn`t afford radial m/cylinder managed to get a Daytona one and about to buy Zx7 clutch m/cylinder
    Confirms I`ve bought the right parts :)
    Cheers
     
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    A few years ago I bought a new brake master cylinder for our Triumph TR6 ( car ) from a reputable parts supplier for this make of car.
    It duly arrived all packed up in its Girling box.
    Spent a Friday afternoon fitting it, no problem there, however it would not allow the bleeding process to take place at any cost.
    After an extremely frustrating few hours it was removed from the car and the supplier contacted.
    It transpired that this was in fact a Chinese manufactured part and one of a defective batch supplied to that retailer.
    A weekend away in the car was shelved and the piece of shit was returned to where it came from.
    That's my experience of Chinese brake cylinders, rubbish to be avoided.

    Curly
     
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    One word, AVOID!
    I certainly wouldn't class it as an upgrade.
     
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    Got a Chinese coming in about 20mins :yum
    A 49 and 67 with prawn crackers :p
    I'll ask the driver :)
     
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    It's a hit or miss with those chinese levers. I wouldn't take the risk. I had one that came with the bike n the clutch failed meaning it wasn't engaging the clutch switch n couldn't start the bike

    I would just go with Pazzo n trouble free :)

    Or even a standard lever which is reliable in comparison to the Chinese ones.
     
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