After last weekend's ride, I decided that perhaps my suspension needs just a touch more work. I took a ride on Craig's bike and with his Superbrace fork brace, his bike seemed really solid at high speeds. Conversely, Craig noticed that sometimes when I was in high speed open turns, my frame seemed to wobble, to the extent that he thought I was going to just break loose and lose it! I did notice that my fork was undulating and wobbling a bit, but that just seemed natural to me. Or maybe I'm just used to it, now.
Well, I got to thinking- this is my main bike now. I'll be riding for probably most of the winter, provided it's not wet out. If the frame is shaking, then the tires won't keep a good solid contact patch, and with motorcycles, you don't really have much patch to begin with.
After going online and shopping for the lowest price, I decided to purchase a Superbrace for my bike. Of course, I got the denim black paint to match my bike's semi-gloss paint scheme. With tax and shipping, the cost was just over $190. Not horrible, but for a 6 oz. piece of aluminum, it seems a little steep. I did consider buying a cheapo Chinese brace off of Ebay, but who really wants a "Made in China" suspension piece of their American made Harley. I rest my case.
A collection of blurbs stemming from mostly the motorized projects that I do. Some posts mixed in have to do with my experiences in X-ray school. (Some entries are from older blogs that I killed off.) Some of my toys are a Mazdaspeed Miata that I work on and take to the track, a little Harley that I can't stop modding and an old Yamaha RD400 that I've been collecting parts for over the past 15 years. When I'm not wrenching, sometimes I mountain bike, sometimes I snowboard, sometimes I make beer.
