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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 07:28 PM
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Made this fork brace today ..2 minds if I will put it on ..any TRUTHFULL opinions would be great..if its UGLY tell me ..and thanks
 
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 07:34 PM
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looks pretty freakin good! i'd buy one!
 
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 07:38 PM
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did a great job, id say keep it
 
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 07:57 PM
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It looks good, but is it actually stiff enough to do anything?

What i mean is, did you have to bend it by machine or did you do it by hand?

If done by hand, I'd think it wouldn't offer more stiffness than the stock fender, but if you want to just eliminate the fender then it looks good for that.
 
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Made it more just to eliminate the fender for one summer down here in Melbourne ..but believe me ..it was a b***h to bend !
 
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Nice work dude! Job well done.
 
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It looks sort of like the $250 RSD version. Good job.
 
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It looks sort of like the $250 RSD version. Good job.
lol ..true, I tried to copy the rsd version best I could ...
 
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looks pretty freakin good! i'd buy one!
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