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08/05/11 at 11:39:47
I'm considering fork braces. I have not read in the forum the difference in the ride or handling. any info would be appreciated, also the best ones to use and where to buy them. thanks
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08/05/11 at 11:51:11
Only 2 makers as far as I know of, TKAT and Superbrace.
TKAT is machined billet and very think/industrial looking, inexpensive.
Superbrace is available through multiple retailers, either polished or chrome (not sure which), more expensive.
I don't have one, but those who do swear by them to tighten up the front end and make it more sure-footed.
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08/05/11 at 15:07:59
I ponied up for the Superbrace, because it looks better. I was expecting some minor improvements in handling but I was pleasantly surprised.
Road snakes and paving grooves are smoothed out to the point of hardly being felt anymore. No more "loose" feeling in corners. Tracks through rough patches better. And it seems to me, and I don't know why, that it is less sensitive to side winds.
If I'd had known, I would have got one as soon as I bought the bike.
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08/05/11 at 15:09:21
If I was building a bobber or rattin it out, Id go with the Tkat,
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08/05/11 at 16:53:18
I bought a Tkat, but agree with what Arteacher said. It does seem to steady the front end. I can't remember what it was like without the brace, but I do remember I don't want to go back.
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08/05/11 at 19:40:49
Another benefit I have found is that the brace dampens the squirrelly feeling in handling at low speed..say riding through a park or a subdivision.
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08/05/11 at 19:59:53
prechermike wrote
on 08/05/11 at 16:53:18:
I bought a Tkat, but agree with what Arteacher said. It does seem to steady the front end. I can't remember what it was like without the brace, but I do remember I don't want to go back.
Pics of it installed?
How much is it?
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08/06/11 at 07:24:23
mmosel wrote
on 08/05/11 at 19:59:53:
prechermike wrote
on 08/05/11 at 16:53:18:
I bought a Tkat, but agree with what Arteacher said. It does seem to steady the front end. I can't remember what it was like without the brace, but I do remember I don't want to go back.
Pics of it installed?
How much is it?
I do not have pics of it installed, there may be some somewhere and I do not remeber the price. I hardly remember what I did yesterday.
Here is a link to his page:
http://www.tkat.com/forkbrace.html
It says for yamaha, but he does make them for the savage.
That is about as much help as I usually am.
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08/06/11 at 07:41:07
I like the look of the tkat because it looks more like a piece of machinery than something you would find on a high-bucks chopper.
It seems to me (
that means my opinion, eh?
) that the "chunk-of-machinery" look of the tkat aesthetically is more in line with the functional look of a cafe racer.
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08/06/11 at 08:07:48
Here is the TKat that I have on my bike. I love it.
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08/06/11 at 08:31:18
I have had both braces the Super Brace cost more but it is also better. It is stronger by design.
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I just ordered the Tkat. 90.00 includes shipping to domestic locations and 10 or so more for canada and international. They don't take credit or paypal, I paid by personal check. They just asked me to specify s40 or ls650 in the order and that was it.
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08/06/11 at 11:05:24
scubachef wrote
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I just ordered the Tkat. 90.00 includes shipping to domestic locations and 10 or so more for canada and international. They don't take credit or paypal, I paid by personal check. They just asked me to specify s40 or ls650 in the order and that was it.
Worth every penny.
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08/06/11 at 11:31:07
I'd like one,... but, too expensive!...
I think I can make one...
...out of a pruner and a tupperware snack bowl...
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I'll post a "how to"... in the Tech section when I'm done...
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08/06/11 at 11:54:49
Here is a pic of the Superbrace on mine.
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