justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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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.
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