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Jul 23, 2009 | 06:07 PM

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papadop88

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Originally Posted by Steve0

lookin good man! Sonn you'll be sponsered by RS!

I was kinda hoping they'd sponsor me before I spent all this money with them

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Originally Posted by michaelmartin

I've been waiting for that to be available for the Sportster. Did you get it from Drag Specialties?

Yup...ordered it from my dealer through drag

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Originally Posted by PHAT A$$

Looks pimp!

probably a newb question... I get the point that it's for stability but, do you see any diffrence in handeling on a daily bassis? or is it more for high speed type deal?

You won't notice any difference. The brace is more for looks than stability. Plus I don't get aggressive enough in the twisties on a Harley in order to notice the difference with a for brace. Just something to replace the fender.

Jason

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Originally Posted by iron71tike

Nice. Are there generic ones for sale? I hate the mark up on rsd products

I'm sure you can mock one up yourself, but don't know of any knock-offs yet.

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Originally Posted by cHarley

Very nice looking fork support.

I should probably keep my mouth shut here, but in the interest of the newbies & nOObs here, this device should only be considered as a fork support replacement in the case that you choose to remove the front fender and are looking to replace the fork support that the fender supplied. From an engineering and performance standpoint, a U shaped support such as this, should not be confused with or considered to be equivalent to a true Fork Brace as sold by HD, Superbrace, etc. A U shaped bracket is not in the same league as a relatively flat, straight, cross fork, brace when it comes to countering the lateral loads placed on the fork tubes in a hard turn or the twisties.

http://www.superbrace.com/proddetail.asp?prod=5190

Couldn't agree more with cHarley. If you're looking for performance, this isn't the brace for you. I would look at the superbrace.

Jul 23, 2009 | 06:09 PM

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papadop88

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Originally Posted by sajackson

that looks nice...how much did it cost ya?

Thanks man! $128 OTD. (retails for $129...got a 10% discount from my dealer)

Jul 23, 2009 | 06:12 PM

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motordrum

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"I'm sure you can mock one up yourself, but don't know of any knock-offs yet."

I made my "Fork Support Replacement"!! It cost me about $6 and some time on the mill. That does look nice popadop.

Jul 23, 2009 | 06:54 PM

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sajackson

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Originally Posted by papadop88

Thanks man! $128 OTD. (retails for $129...got a 10% discount from my dealer)

Thats not too bad...considering its a RSD product I expected much higher

Jul 23, 2009 | 11:05 PM

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old skool1983

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From: New Port Richey FL

i just don't get it?

Jul 24, 2009 | 05:41 AM

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Nonstop

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Looks good.

Jul 24, 2009 | 07:24 AM

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XL50#674

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From: Streetsboro, Oh

Nice looking part, but I agree that the stright brace will do more. I was looking at the HD brace on line and they are $185.00 WOW! that's too much IMO for that item.