Fork Brace - Do You Own One?

[keepinon]

I had the Superbrace on my 1500 'Wings, but have felt no need for them on the beefy, inverted forks of the Valkyries. Indeed, I've never seen one for an inverted fork...

[pastence]

No never had one and dont know what the differince would be

[Rosco]

I'm a newbie here, but I have one on my 1999 Goldwing Trike. Seems to help, but each to his own.

[paws]

skuuter/SUPER BRACE.....They have also always improved the handling on 2-Wheelers I've added Them too, especially my last Gold Wing 1800. When Trike Companies say that They are not "needed", I'll agree, but still feel handling is definetly enhanced by the addition of one. A quick look at my Trike will tell Someone that I don't go for "Glitter-n-Farkles-n-Bling"...I'm all about Handling and any additions I make have to work. As much as my 2-Wheelers have improved from the addition of SUPER BRACES in the past, my Trike has improved even more because of actually having to be "STEERED" from a single pivot point.....

Ditto that! We had the SuperBrace on our 1987 & 1988 Kawasaki Voyager VII's and truly appreciated them.
Just last weekend we installed them on our 2008 GL1800 trikes. YES !! We immediately could tell the difference as we rolled out of the driveway onto the street - extremely minimal head-shake. Going across a bridge today with expansion joints - absolutely firm, hug-the-road, no flitty-feelings whatsoever. WE like that SuperBrace! Money well spent!

[bikerbillone]

Agree, I have the Kury super brace on my two wheels, will certainly keep it for my RS conversion. I like it. Also looking to do the Kury risers.

[gr8phun]

Had the traxxion on the GL before Coach Rice installed the Hannigan.
Up graded to Traxxion springs.

[bikerbillone]

Super Brace on RS, works good for me.

[rmrc51]

Lets look at it from this point of view. The Goldwing is 900 plus pounds and all parts are engineered for that wt and you are leaning into the curves no wt on the frt. end. Now you put 350 or so more pounds on it and instead of leaning you are turning into the curve. Without the brace you have two holding points triple tree and axle. With the brace you have three. It just stands to reason that the frt end will be stronger. In the case of my Hannigan you could feel the difference I would not be without it.

Sonney

I'm still on the bench regarding adding a superbrace. The explanation above by 'sonney' really does make a lot of sense. My service manager (who has well over 25 years under his belt with all types of motorcycles and trikes) has always advised against adding the brace and I trust him 100%. I can't remember his reasoning, but at the time his explanation made sense. Most of the comments I've seen are trike folks with 4.5 degree rakes and shorter trike conversions as compared to a Roadsmith or Hannigan. I'd be very interested if someone who has a Roadsmith with a 6 degree rake (as I have) and the superbrace can comment on their findings.

Bill, might that be you? We never discussed what degree rake you have, lol.

[bikerbillone]

Rich, I have the 4.5 degree rake. I had the superbrace before the conversion, the tech recommended I leave it on the trike. It really worked well for on two wheels, with that favorable experience, and the RS tech information, I left it right where it was. I cannot speak to a before and after on the trike, but my new RS trike handles really great, so I'm good to go. As I have mentioned priviously, if the rear brakes were more responsive, I'd be more comfortable with the extra safety factor, but it is what it is, and most of what I read here, it's sort of the nature of the beast, and it doesn't concern me.

[87Trike1200]

I can not explain the the how's and why's or give a technical engineering analysis, BUT what I do know is that I had a Superbrace installed on my GL1500 at Americade a few years ago and it was so good, we were back the next day and had one installed on my wife's GL1200. End of story.

[Pegasus1300]

so the poll has been up for nearly 2 years and still not a "no brace " button? I don't have one.I have used a Superbrace on a Venture Royale but did not notice much difference.

[hdruss]

This poll seems slanted towards those that actually own one already. Shouldn't it have the options for NO & OTHER!!

[Mr Orange]

No fork brace here. Of course I don't have any forks that need bracing. Sorry i couldn't resist.

[rmrc51]

No fork brace here either as per the suggestion of my service manager whom I trust 100%.

[bikerbillone]

Fork brace is not for everyone, but my super brace worked fine for over a year with two wheels. I feel it still continues to give me good steering control, so I won't be removing it. I see some have tried it on the trike and don't like it, some haven't and still don't like it, some have and like it. Go figure.

[Firea100]

Have a superbrace, haven't installed it yet, can't comment on how well it works.

[HDHoggly]

I recently added a Drag Specialties brace to the 49mm fork on my trike. I like the improvement whether real of imagined to the handling.

[Retired Army]

I notice the 2018 Wings changed to a solid fork I am wondering why?