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FWIW, I used a number of parts from TC Bros on last year's bike, including a MotoIron front end. They are good guys, and the front end works well. Definitely suggest getting a shock for it.
Thanks for that info! I'll have to check out Moto Iron too. How many miles has yours seen since the build?? We have a winter motorcycle show coming up in a few weeks here and tc bros usually has a booth so I'll chat with them too
Thanks for that info! I'll have to check out Moto Iron too. How many miles has yours seen since the build?? We have a winter motorcycle show coming up in a few weeks here and tc bros usually has a booth so I'll chat with them too
Couple thousand, more or less.
Most of those were before I installed the shock. It's pretty rough like that. The shock made a world of difference.
I would have preferred, I suppose, going with one of the US made versions. But my budget got away from me on other stuff, so compromises needed to be made. Like Tom said, the thing that sold me on the MotoIron was a video from TC Bros showing how the fork is a single, forged piece rather than being butt-welded below the lower tree.
The idea of welding that piece separately seems like a monumentally stupid design, so much so that I wonder if DNA really does it that way. Doesn't seem like it would be substantially easier or cheaper than doing it the way MotoIron does.
Whatever. So far, the MotoIron has performed exactly as it should. I was particularly impressed by TC Bros. I had a tech question that the front line guy couldn't answer, and ended up on the phone with Tyler himself. I appreciate working with a small company where you can actually get one of the owners on the phone.
Most of those were before I installed the shock. It's pretty rough like that. The shock made a world of difference.
I would have preferred, I suppose, going with one of the US made versions. But my budget got away from me on other stuff, so compromises needed to be made. Like Tom said, the thing that sold me on the MotoIron was a video from TC Bros showing how the fork is a single, forged piece rather than being butt-welded below the lower tree.
The idea of welding that piece separately seems like a monumentally stupid design, so much so that I wonder if DNA really does it that way. Doesn't seem like it would be substantially easier or cheaper than doing it the way MotoIron does.
Whatever. So far, the MotoIron has performed exactly as it should. I was particularly impressed by TC Bros. I had a tech question that the front line guy couldn't answer, and ended up on the phone with Tyler himself. I appreciate working with a small company where you can actually get one of the owners on the phone.
What shock kit did you use? I bought one a while back and it wouldn't work. The bottom mounting bracket was so thick, couldn't put the nuts back on. Looked for longer spring bolts but, couldn't find those either so, sent the shock kit back.
What shock kit did you use? I bought one a while back and it wouldn't work. The bottom mounting bracket was so thick, couldn't put the nuts back on. Looked for longer spring bolts but, couldn't find those either so, sent the shock kit back.
The one from TC Bros.
Here's a vid that my grandson and I shot putting it on. He lost interest about halfway through, so I skipped to the end.
Thanks Omaha. I looked at TC Bros sight and seen the kit. It comes with the longer spring bolts. Gonna get that on order.
On a side note. I can show you a better way of removing the spring bolts without shooting the keeper nuts through your ceiling. LOL I assume you used the same method I use putting it back together. You didn't show that step.
What I did was put some zip ties on the spring and pull them as tight as I could. There was still enough compression on the spring to pop the caps, but at least they didn't go through the wall!. And the springs didn't fly away.
When I put it back together, I compressed the springs almost all the way in a bench vice and ziptied them down. Got the caps screwed on, cut the ties, and that was that.
Ratchet strap. Axle, over the top of the tree, behind the upper springs, to axle on other side. Ratchet up, it will put the tension on the lower springs and relieve the tension on the upper. You can remove the keeper nuts with your fingers.
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What I did was put some zip ties on the spring and pull them as tight as I could. There was still enough compression on the spring to pop the caps, but at least they didn't go through the wall!. And the springs didn't fly away.
When I put it back together, I compressed the springs almost all the way in a bench vice and ziptied them down. Got the caps screwed on, cut the ties, and that was that.
Surprised the ties held, few times I fooled with springers I compressed them much as I could on the bike and bailing wired the blue jesus out of them.
Ratchet strap. Axle, over the top of the tree, behind the upper springs, to axle on other side. Ratchet up, it will put the tension on the lower springs and relieve the tension on the upper. You can remove the keeper nuts with your fingers.
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