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**Botch** · 09-29-2007, 09:24 AM

Just a dumb question for a rainy Saturday morning: why are the brake fluid reservoirs different? The rear is a round bowl with a screw-off top, while the front is square and requires a Phillips screwdriver.
Any idea why?

**wrightme43** · 09-29-2007, 05:31 PM

I think it a part that has been designed, molded, cast, and done so many times its is like a off the shelf item. They save money and our bike is a budget bike. Oddly enough the ones on the Ninja 250 are almost identical, probley with a different piston and stroke inside though.

trailblazer87 · 10-01-2007, 06:20 PM

Just a standard part from a common vendor, Honda and Suzuki use the same ones as well.

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trailblazer87 Curve Hound Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madera, CA Bike: 2006 FZ-6 RED! Posts: 421 Rep Power: 20 Member #403	Just a standard part from a common vendor, Honda and Suzuki use the same ones as well.

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