Just ordered the Superbrace and True-Track
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 318
Likes: 2
From: Fresno
I have the screaming eagle version of the brace, but I haven't pull the trigger on the True-track yet. Make sure you post some feed back afer the install on the performance of your bike.. You only live once!
Thread Starter
|
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,232
Likes: 4
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
painted so I'll probably install this and some other stuff when the bike's stripped
down and that probably won't happen until late November.
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,023
Likes: 138
From: here
The Superbrace is a piece of cake and big improvement, wouldn't wait to do that. The TrueTrack is a bit more work, but if you're talking months, .... I'd go for it too. Slow and careful took me most of a morning sweating and grunting, but the advantage you have would be not worrying too much about your paint if that's a couple of months out anyway.
t
t
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,360
Likes: 4
The superbrace makes only posing sense for newer bikes, especially 44mm forks. Adds no function. Its advice left over from older bikes.
A chassis stabilizer helps, you can purchase the front half only (Sputhe), saves some work and $$$ and gets you 90% there.
A chassis stabilizer helps, you can purchase the front half only (Sputhe), saves some work and $$$ and gets you 90% there.
Last edited by ColdCase; Oct 27, 2009 at 07:46 PM.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,352
Likes: 4
From: Augusta, GA
I agree the fork brace is wasted money but the forks are 49mm not 44.
the truetrack was a huge improvement in handling that I wouldn't consider doing halfway.
the truetrack was a huge improvement in handling that I wouldn't consider doing halfway.
Trending Topics
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,023
Likes: 138
From: here
I have 49mm forks and without a doubt the fork brace made a difference. Take whatever advice you like, but two noticeable changes for me were freeways with rain grooves and hitting a serious bump in a turn.
I added the Superbrace after the Truetrack and could feel the change in handling for both mods.
Before the fork brace I had to adjust steering in those situations, sometime holding the bars off track to keep the bike heading where I wanted. Now I hold the bars in the same exact position before and after a bump or getting caught in a grove and the bike stays were I want.
Try sitting on you scoot and throw the front end back and forth as hard as you can. If your wheel moves off from the bars, that's the forks twisting.
What keeps the forks aligned side to side is the support between them, not the thickness of the tubes, stock bike = the front fender.
I added the Superbrace after the Truetrack and could feel the change in handling for both mods.
Before the fork brace I had to adjust steering in those situations, sometime holding the bars off track to keep the bike heading where I wanted. Now I hold the bars in the same exact position before and after a bump or getting caught in a grove and the bike stays were I want.
Try sitting on you scoot and throw the front end back and forth as hard as you can. If your wheel moves off from the bars, that's the forks twisting.
What keeps the forks aligned side to side is the support between them, not the thickness of the tubes, stock bike = the front fender.
HD Forum Stories
The Best of Harley-Davidson for Lifelong Riders
6 Weirdest Harley-Davidsons Ever Sold to the Public
Verdad Gallardo
7 Times Harley-Davidson Chucked Tradition Out the Window
Verdad Gallardo
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Verdad Gallardo
8 Best Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Worst Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever
Pouria Savadkouei
Killer Custom's Jail Break Is The Breakout That Refused to Blend In
Verdad Gallardo
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Verdad Gallardo
Harley-Davidson Reveals Super Cool Cafe Racer Concept
Verdad Gallardo
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Verdad Gallardo
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,352
Likes: 4
From: Augusta, GA
Actually the triple trees are what keeps the fork tubes in alignment.