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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: fork brace Reply #45 - 03/31/10 at 03:37:50 I was thinking along the same line,.....wondering how much the fork can flex anyway w/ all that stuff bolted across it. But the stats show a brace makes a difference, so I guess I'm convinced. LostArtist wrote on 03/30/10 at 20:25:26: wonder if there's a way just to strengthen the front fender to have it work like a brace??
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Reply #46 - 03/31/10 at 03:50:54

W/ absolutely nothing better to do, I started thinking about this.
Wherever the roadway was theoretically perfectly smooth, fork telescopic travel would be zero,......agreed ?
Now, we just went over a speed bump.....at about 30 !
Guess which part of the fork moved, upper or lower ? Undecided

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/30/10 at 14:24:32:

bill67 wrote on 03/30/10 at 13:10:45:

The lower fork section doesn't travel any where

In relation to the headlight it does. It slides up & down the upper fork tubes.

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jlsmedic Junior Member Offline LIVE HARD RIDE HARD.....LIVE YOUR LIFE Posts: 68 Red Rock, AZ Gender:	Re: fork brace Reply #47 - 03/31/10 at 04:06:52 dammit...... ive been following this post and got lost yesterday at that exact point ......but now i get it....lolol i guess its just semantics...
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Reply #48 - 03/31/10 at 04:52:54

Can I make one ?

Yup, if you have the right tools go for it!

It seems that lot of ppl are making their own now because the
common garage workshop nowadays simply looks like a nasa lab Grin

I'll order (or make) one for my bike this week and tell you soon how it went.

1) Found a bunch of em' on ebay starting at about $20usd:
http://shop.ebay.de/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%2...

2) Look here, I found a guy who already has a fork brace gallery online:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/fork%20brace/highveelocity/Fork%20Brace/P1...

C'ya!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: fork brace Reply #49 - 03/31/10 at 06:05:05 bill67 wrote on 03/30/10 at 20:15:26: No I didn't I thought you were mixed up. Ohh, yea,, I can understand how you might have thot that, since I am so often clearly confused.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: fork brace Reply #50 - 03/31/10 at 06:13:46 +1
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: fork brace Reply #51 - 03/31/10 at 07:11:18 Stimpy... Your ebay link is GERMAN! LOL I do have a good friend from Germany. She has lived here for over 10 years now, but some of her family is still there. Guess I'll have to get her to translate... LOL
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Stimpy - FSO Serious Thumper Offline SuzukisSavage Int'l Division Posts: 1203 Germany - formerly SD, SoCal Gender:	Re: fork brace Reply #52 - 03/31/10 at 12:54:05 nah, it's just so you guys see what is available over here, I bet there's 10 times more junk (and cheaper) on ebay US.
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Reply #53 - 03/31/10 at 15:44:34

Making one is one thing, but making a pretty one is another !

Stimpy - FSO wrote on 03/31/10 at 04:52:54:

Can I make one ?

Yup, if you have the right tools go for it!

It seems that lot of ppl are making their own now because the
common garage workshop nowadays simply looks like a nasa lab Grin

I'll order (or make) one for my bike this week and tell you soon how it went.

1) Found a bunch of em' on ebay starting at about $20usd:
http://shop.ebay.de/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%2...

2) Look here, I found a guy who already has a fork brace gallery online:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/fork%20brace/highveelocity/Fork%20Brace/P1...

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9878/telefixforkbrace.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7757/p1010963j.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/498/forkbrace2.jpg

C'ya!

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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: fork brace Reply #54 - 04/03/10 at 06:43:50 I like the tracker style, it does look like it would flex a bit http://www.kinneycycles.com/servlet/the-942/Roland-Sands-Chrome-Front/Detail
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Reply #55 - 04/03/10 at 07:24:36

Wow, maybe I can make some money at this. Think they'd sell for 75 bucks w/ out the logal ? Can't say they'd do much for stabalizing the forks, but they'd sure make a good mud scraper !
buttgoat1 wrote on 04/03/10 at 06:43:50:

I like the tracker style, it does look like it would flex a bit

http://www.kinneycycles.com/servlet/the-942/Roland-Sands-Chrome-Front/Detail

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Re: fork brace
Reply #56 - 04/03/10 at 07:54:10

Routy wrote on 04/03/10 at 07:24:36:

Wow, maybe I can make some money at this. Think they'd sell for 75 bucks w/ out the logal ? Can't say they'd do much for stabalizing the forks, but they'd sure make a good mud scraper !
buttgoat1 wrote on 04/03/10 at 06:43:50:

I like the tracker style, it does look like it would flex a bit

http://www.kinneycycles.com/servlet/the-942/Roland-Sands-Chrome-Front/Detail

looks like heavy spring steel to me.

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Re: fork brace
Reply #57 - 04/03/10 at 08:05:50

Routy wrote on 03/31/10 at 03:50:54:

W/ absolutely nothing better to do, I started thinking about this.
Wherever the roadway was theoretically perfectly smooth, fork telescopic travel would be zero,......agreed ?
Now, we just went over a speed bump.....at about 30 !
Guess which part of the fork moved, upper or lower ? Undecided

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/30/10 at 14:24:32:

bill67 wrote on 03/30/10 at 13:10:45:

The lower fork section doesn't travel any where

In relation to the headlight it does. It slides up & down the upper fork tubes.

You guys are a pain, the lower doesn't travel anywhere? Go back and check your garage, is it there? Not unless you left your bike there, it's attached to your bike and you went somewhere, so it went too.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: fork brace Reply #58 - 04/03/10 at 09:12:14 I only take my fork with me if am planning on eating out.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: fork brace Reply #59 - 04/03/10 at 09:16:09 bill67 wrote on 04/03/10 at 09:12:14: I only take my fork with me if am planning on eating out. So, for you a fork brace is just a wrist wrap?
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