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Fork brace!?

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if you even have a chance to pickup and examine some USD forks you will start immediately wondering what you can to stiffen up a set of RSU 35/37mm GS OE forks.

wont turn the OE's into 41mm USD but it will help.
 
I have the tarozzi fork brace, installed it 2 days ago and finally took it for a spin last night. BTW, The instructions were very good. Methodical, well written, and a really good pictures but they did not get in depth about loosening the triple clamps, front end off the ground etc etc.. So, i didnt do any of that but I think it makes sense and will follow the advice given here...

anyways, last night i didnt push it too hard because it was dark, but i did take it through some twisties and I felt an immediate difference! (It made me wonder why everyone does not have one, i guess to each his own!) What I noticed was greater response and rider feel of the road. The bike felt much more predictable and thus was easier to pilot through a turn, which to me is the essence to being fast on a road or a track. My early theory is that both fork tubes are sort of forced to work together in how they respond to a given road condition, so they behave more simliarly to one another resulting in less variable reaction and vibration. Secondly they are locked to one another minimizing their flex in relation to each other. So one cant be moving forward while the other moving back, or up down, left right etc. etc. All this resulting in a better, more stable and consistent tire contact patch to the road.

Ride quality? Certainly the bike is more responsive, and i saw it in how the light from my headlamp was reacting to the road, so it is stiffer, but it doesnt vibrate unnecessarily as much as it used to. One interesting observation is that I have a loose brake handle that would vibrate when i accelerated hard. after install of the fork brace, it is gone!

Anyhow, i cant wait to do more testing. The great thing about a fork brace is that you can go back to stock in a matter of 5 minutes! :cool: Perfect for back and forth comparisons.

Finally i want to say that the Tarazzi brace was very well designed. It fit perfectly above my front fender and it comes with high quality allen bolts. It works with the stock boot covers and it looks awesome. Stylistically I love mods that make a statement of performance but dont scream for attention. This fork brace accomplishes that perfectly. I highly recommend it for any performance oriented GSer.
 
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Thanks for the great review. Can't wait till mine arrive!!


mapball said:
I have the tarozzi fork brace, installed it 2 days ago and finally took it for a spin last night. BTW, The instructions were very good. Methodical, well written, and a really good pictures but they did not get in depth about loosening the triple clamps, front end off the ground etc etc.. So, i didnt do any of that but I think it makes sense and will follow the advice given here...

anyways, last night i didnt push it too hard because it was dark, but i did take it through some twisties and I felt an immediate difference! (It made me wonder why everyone does not have one, i guess to each his own!) What I noticed was greater response and rider feel of the road. The bike felt much more predictable and thus was easier to pilot through a turn, which to me is the essence to being fast on a road or a track. My early theory is that both fork tubes are sort of forced to work together in how they respond to a given road condition, so they behave more simliarly to one another resulting in less variable reaction and vibration. Secondly they are locked to one another minimizing their flex in relation to each other. So one cant be moving forward while the other moving back, or up down, left right etc. etc. All this resulting in a better, more stable and consistent tire contact patch to the road.

Ride quality? Certainly the bike is more responsive, and i saw it in how the light from my headlamp was reacting to the road, so it is stiffer, but it doesnt vibrate unnecessarily as much as it used to. One interesting observation is that I have a loose brake handle that would vibrate when i accelerated hard. after install of the fork brace, it is gone!

Anyhow, i cant wait to do more testing. The great thing about a fork brace is that you can go back to stock in a matter of 5 minutes! :cool: Perfect for back and forth comparisons.

Finally i want to say that the Tarazzi brace was very well designed. It fit perfectly above my front fender and it comes with high quality allen bolts. It works with the stock boot covers and it looks awesome. Stylistically I love mods that make a statement of performance but dont scream for attention. This fork brace accomplishes that perfectly. I highly recommend it for any performance oriented GSer.
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Well my tarozzi just arrived. I'll be installing it after work today... review to come.

thanks for all the great info on this subject...

and

fast for the past delivered the brace.......fast.



Well, It went on with ease. Followed the directions to the "T". I have definitely noticed a difference and the bike handling far better and more stable on the front for sure. For 100 bucks I can't believe I waited this long for this mod.

thanks again
 
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