Hide Away Fork Brace

[79XS11F]

While I was cleaning the front fender of my bike before installing it I discovered, much to my surprise, that I have a fork brace. I never noticed it before because I sits up UNDER the fender and even has brake hose ears on it. I checked the manual and bike bandit parts diagrams and it is not a stock part. Anyone else have or seen one of these? Maybe the PO made it?



Rob

[skids]

cool!

[rover]

Yes, it is an after market fork brace. Not as rigid as Tcat's brace, but much better than none. I made one similar to that one for my F. Be very careful installing the brace, it should slip fit between the forks and fender with no gap, or you can pull your forks together and cause binding. Make sure the wheel is centered in the fork, and the bolts should start easily by hand. I had to slot mine cause the holes were not perfectly square from one side to the other. Really helped with the handling of the bike.

[79XS11F]

This one goes between the tire and the fender so it is not seen at all. Wouldn't even know it was there if I had not taken the fender off to give it a good cleaning.
Rob

[rover]

That is where mine is, can't see it from the outside. I made it from 10 ga stainless before I retired. I worked in a stainless fab place.

[John]

The OEM XJ11 has a factory fork brace located in just the same place, only this one is spot welded to the fender it self. I used to run an XJ fender on my bike for a while, until I got the MNS fenders installed.