My Tkat is en route...hope it has quick legs!  

I rode my bike with the Superbrace for the first time today. What a HUGE DIFFERENCE a fork brace makes! It eliminated the "wobbles" at  highway speeds, and rough road surfaces and grooves are barely noticeable now. It looks like Tkat owners are reporting the same kind of performance improvements. The bike responds now to the slightest handlebar movement. I'd like to think I'm going to be able to enjoy that responsiveness in June riding the Tail of the Dragon! Again for safety and performance a fork brace is a great investment!

Just sent a money order to Tkat for a fork brace. Looking forward to a stabler ride. Spring is Just around the corner.

inquired yesterday, says he's out.  must not like me.

Hey Verslagen, did tkat say when he would have more available?

Well I did tell 'em I wanted sometin' different.

A lip to mount a fork boot to, just like what's on the xs fork brace

And he said he was going to make another run next month.

Well that's what he said before we got talkin' about a mod anyway.

Superbrace has fork protectors available. I suspect they could be had seperately. Drilling & tapping the T-Kat to take them would be no big deal, just make sure you use Tap Magic for Aluminum & reverse the tap often & go slow.
I put the S/brace on & yes, the black plastic protectors have to come off.

If the Inside Diameter of the braces had a ridge to fit the groove the protectors ride in, then they would grip tighter, but making that work out would be really tough. With the machining variations of the braces & the forks it would be possible for the brace to have a slightly taller ridge being clamped into a slightly shallower groove & wind up with the clamping forces being higher in the groove than on the rest of the forktubes. Might be a bad thing, possibly creating a crack.

Note, this isnt an indictment of anyones work. Production tollerances can just work out to create a situation that causes problems, like the rare event we see with the engines, sometimes the fattest piston alowable gets slipped into the smallest bore allowable. Tends to create a problem later on down the road.

Now, I am not a machinist or metalurgist, so maybe I am waaay off here. Someone with real knowledge & experience could pitch in here & Id appreciate it.

If I hadnt gotten this Superbrace so Right, pricewise, I would have gotten that T-Kat part. I like both of them, the Superbrace is so slick looking & the T-Kat is so Straight Up, No kidding, No Appologies, in your face. I like the tough look. It would "fit" the look of some bikes better than others. If I was dressing the Savage for a show, I'd want the S/brace, if I was building a bobber or allowing the bike to slowly morph into a Rat, Id sure want the T-Kat. No mods? No real agenda for the style? Id take either one, based on price. I dont understand why anyone would have a Savage & not have a brace, unless their riding style is just very, very laid back. The change in the feel & ride was as dramatic as putting new tires on, replacing some very worn out ones.