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Message started by Armen on 11/15/16 at 17:38:13

Title: Fork braces
Post by Armen on 11/15/16 at 17:38:13

After waiting months for a Superbrace (backordered), I gave up and order a TKAT. It was shipped in no time.
Good news is that the TKAT exists, is well made, and cheaper than the Superbrace.
Bad news, it looks a bit 'industrial'.
Decided to give it a little love.
This is the before pic:

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Armen on 11/15/16 at 17:38:50

The 'after' pic:

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Armen on 11/15/16 at 17:40:42

A little metal removed with files, 1" and 1/2" hand belt sander, stationary belt sander, sand paper of various grits, green scrubbies, and more time than I'll admit to ::)

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Kris01 on 11/15/16 at 18:02:40

What? No extra holes? ;D

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Armen on 11/15/16 at 18:05:42

The underside is already relived quite a bit ;)

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Kris01 on 11/15/16 at 18:07:03

The "after" shot is much better.

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Srotag on 11/15/16 at 18:08:48

Very nice work.. 8-)

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Armen on 11/15/16 at 19:03:12

Thanks :)

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by stewmills on 11/16/16 at 06:40:06

Armen,
I am happy with my tkat as well. I did the same cleaning with mine, but not quite as aggressive. My bike being black and silver, I wanted it to all look nice and shiny. I mainly used degreaser,a scrubby pad and some never-dull polish.

I also figured out a way to keep my fork protectors intact. explanation at the tail end of this post/thread: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1471017987 See pic. This is an older pic so it is not as nice and shiny as it originally was. ;)

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by norm92de on 11/16/16 at 10:21:58

It looks like you both did quite a bit of work making it pretty.

Nice work. They look much better than as delivered. :)

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Ruttly on 11/16/16 at 12:27:55

Very nice Armen

Title: Re: Fork braces
Post by Armen on 11/16/16 at 13:40:44

Thanks :)