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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Got my fork brace today 07/27/06 at 19:50:51 Haven't had time to put it on yet but I'll follow up this weekend after the install. It's the one from Tkat. Very nicely made. I'm impressed, especially for $90 total. I push my Metzlers pretty hard, sometimes on bumpy country roads so this should help.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #1 - 07/27/06 at 19:54:33 Very cool. We're gonna have to meet up sometime soon and compare rides.
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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #2 - 07/27/06 at 20:10:04 Sure, I'd like to see your bike. I'll be doing another seat fix this weekend, after I roadtest the forkbrace but anytime after this weekend is a good time.
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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #3 - 07/29/06 at 14:34:19 Got the fork brace on last night, rode today & I really like the smoother ride. Feels like a bigger bike. Doesn't feel like the front end's going to bounce loose in the hard corners. Shoulda done this a couple of years ago!
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #4 - 07/30/06 at 16:07:39 they get my vote as an upgrade worth doing
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #5 - 07/30/06 at 17:20:19 Reelthing wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07: they get my vote as an upgrade worth doing I agree.
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bikingb Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Love to Ride! Posts: 278 Appleton, WI Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #6 - 07/30/06 at 18:57:22 I remember back when that guy said he would make braces for us. I will contact him and see if he still has some. Very exciting!!
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WKD Ex Member	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #7 - 07/31/06 at 09:23:34 There is a post in the marketplace for these http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=Market;action=display;num=11533... Check that out, I am looking into them now.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #8 - 07/31/06 at 09:44:00 Those are the braces bikingb is talking about.
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Re: Got my fork brace today
Reply #9 - 08/06/06 at 11:52:14

Babbalou,

I'm planning or ordering a fork brace from Tkat next week. The only thing that concerns me is he said make the check out to some initials and I can't get a real phone number to call him. I think I saw where you called him. I'd appreciate it if you would share that number. I called the number listed on the tkat website and a woman called me back and said don't call again. I just don't want to be sending my $90 into cyber space never to be seen again.

Thanks,

B

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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #10 - 08/06/06 at 20:09:00 I didn't get his phone number, just emailed him at tkat@tkat.com & he replied back with his mailing address. The fork brace actually arrived a few days after I emailed him to tell him the check's in the mail.
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bikingb Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Love to Ride! Posts: 278 Appleton, WI Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #11 - 08/07/06 at 05:12:06 Thanks. I mailed the check today. Waiting with anticipation.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 7280 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #12 - 08/07/06 at 18:36:23 top of the front shocks on my 06 have "dust shields" stickin up as part of the wipers..anyone got the brace on an 05 or 06 ?
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Re: Got my fork brace today
Reply #13 - 08/07/06 at 19:13:22

thumperclone wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

top of the front shocks on my 06 have "dust shields" stickin up as part of the wipers..anyone got the brace on an 05 or 06 ?

I have an 05' but I'd already removed the dust shields when I installed fork boots last year. I could be wrong but I think you'd have to remove the shields to install the brace.

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bikingb Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Love to Ride! Posts: 278 Appleton, WI Gender:	Re: Got my fork brace today Reply #14 - 08/07/06 at 19:28:45 How did you remove the dust shields? I think I should know this. But, I don't.
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