Is This Brake Line A Problem?

@Foxy2000 No if it is not weeping it would not bother me. Just keep an eye on it and carry on riding. I take it the brake is still sharp.

 

@Foxy2000 I have seen poorer lines than this one and used ones poorer. If the bike works as it should then in my book acceptable. I i was concerned or it wept then i would replace it with plastic coated Goodridge line.

 

Personally I would change it if it was on one of my own bikes, or at least advise the owner if it was someone elses.
You obviously have doubts, and for something so safety critical why skimp?
Will it be nagging you in the back of your mind and spoiling your enjoyment/confidence?

A new hose fitted, if done carefully, shouldn't be a problematic rebleed.
I would change the hose at the lever end and bleed the new open ended pipe into a container. Only then do you connect it to the other end i.e. abs unit or caliper depending on model specifics.
Finish with a bleed to the fitting half a turn loose with appropriately positioned rags to collect the small spillage.
Clean thoroughly once completed

Any doubts then a bleed to the nipple will be required, but then you may need to cycle the abs pump and that gets a little more involved.

 

I would also change that line. It will probably be OK for normal riding but would it be OK in an emergency???

That's the time when you don't want to find out that it isn't OK.

An original Triumph line (which is a braided line) is £58 on Fowlers website and for that amount I wouldn't bother to look at an aftermarket line stick to OEM.

 

Just thinking about it, I had a similar looking kink on a mountain bike after my youngest and I got entangled on a descent.
It didn't fail straighaway, but it did start to get moist as the internal olive now wasn't sat on a truly circular pipe.

New one fitted and doubt about reliability removed.