There's no great amount of pressure in the hoses that's going to blow one off, right?
Big time pressure. They'll pop right off. Stay stock or look for trouble.
...or am I being stupid about a few ounces of weight?
No. Keep going and keep thinking how do I lose weight off the bike?
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1. I want the cable tie over the radi inlets/outlets ring-hump don't forget.
2. Do I buy the special tool or do I take needlenoses, coil the band to tighten.
3. I'm going to make it look clean so I hide the band's tongue inward.
4. For a backup, that needlenose wind I made is now going to be bent so if it slips, it stops at the bend I made to stop it from slipping farther: did I snip it short for weight.
5. I am at the raggedge of cutting into the hoses so I am tonguing the inside hose with some spit as well as the radi in/outlets. I want the hose to slide up and down to see how much more I need to slip the band: short of having no control like the stock clamp with a twist of a screw, remember. So the spitug is wet I am after is do I pop over the ring-hump yes or no? I'll leak and show you that way too: so don't cut my coiled band yet.
6. I read 100 pounds of pressure on that spec product. I'm holding back about 14.7 pounds I pop to 212°F of pressure cooker kind of pressure on that cable tie. I'm on a road test building pressure or I have no coil for the needlenose to shoot back up, twist again, and bit down on more band to slip tight, remember.
7. I'll hide a magic marker line or a dab of whiteout, so I can watch them breakaway and slip down the out/inlet tubes, the band is too loose, or just right [no movement].
8. I now cut my bands after so many miles or WOT ever comes first.
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