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I'll never forget the first sweeping, lay it over turn I did when I first got my 95 Aspencade. Frankly, it kind of scared the hell out of me. It went into a wallowing front end dance that wasn't even close to a tank slapper but enough that it certainly got my attention in a hurry. I went right home and checked all the bolts on the front end, checked to see the forks had equal air pressure and everything looked perfect. After all, the machine only has 12K miles on it. Ever since then I even noticed some noise or insecurity in the front end when doing tight turns. Well, I had read the reviews on the net about the "SuperBrace" and I purchased one. I mounted it last night and took the bike through that same sweeper and honestly, it was a night and day difference. It tracked like a sport bike and I felt totally comfortable laying it over close to the point of needing clean shorts. For what that brace cost to manufacture I will never understand why the factory doesn't design them into the front end. These are heavy, heavy machines with relatively small fork tubes that are bound to flex under load and they do. I guess every machine could have been designed better but this is a safety issue that shouldn't have been overlooked in my opinion. Just my two cents.
Respectfully,
Ed
I'll never forget the first sweeping, lay it over turn I did when I first got my 95 Aspencade. Frankly, it kind of scared the hell out of me. It went into a wallowing front end dance that wasn't even close to a tank slapper but enough that it certainly got my attention in a hurry. I went right home and checked all the bolts on the front end, checked to see the forks had equal air pressure and everything looked perfect. After all, the machine only has 12K miles on it. Ever since then I even noticed some noise or insecurity in the front end when doing tight turns. Well, I had read the reviews on the net about the "SuperBrace" and I purchased one. I mounted it last night and took the bike through that same sweeper and honestly, it was a night and day difference. It tracked like a sport bike and I felt totally comfortable laying it over close to the point of needing clean shorts. For what that brace cost to manufacture I will never understand why the factory doesn't design them into the front end. These are heavy, heavy machines with relatively small fork tubes that are bound to flex under load and they do. I guess every machine could have been designed better but this is a safety issue that shouldn't have been overlooked in my opinion. Just my two cents.
Respectfully,
Ed