Seems to work well with the 'modded' front end. I don't have much preload dialed in and lots of dampening. The rear shock/spring combo has not given me any concern todate. This is the 'front end' that Suzuki should have put on the 6Fiddy in the first place. I wish I'd changed the front fork springs and oil and added the brace about 18K miles ago. What a 'giggle' to sweep thru a set of bends with broken or choppy or irregular pavement and have the front end never lose it's poise regardless of the speed or lean angle. Bumps, broken pavement, irregular grading, traintracks, bricks etc just doesn't phase the front end. The little 6Fiddy with decent tires, decent fork oil, stiffer progressive springs and the brace is just plain 'fun' to ride on any kind of road. What pisses me off is that I didn't find/make/install one of these 18K ago. With the brace the front end is more precise, more supple and more controlled. Most of these roads I have been riding for the past two years so I figure I'm pretty comfortable with 'consistent riding for comparative purposes'. Improvement in the front end is certainly worth the $132Īfter 700 miles of 'spirited riding on pavement ranging from (both wet and dry) 'billiard table smooth' to 'pothole-hell' and just about everything in between I'm 100% convinced. Not only is the Murphskits Brace a well made and good looking 'farkle', the sumbitch really does work and the My take-a-way from two days of riding on a variety of different roads under a variety of conditions is simply this. I also noted that during high(er) speed transitions my ability to put the front end precisely where I wanted it Never did really get the front end to dance nor did I manage to induce any wheel-hop (But I did give it the old school Even on fairly uneven surfaces at higher speeds the additional control (as a result of better feedback) wasĭiscernible under hard braking conditions. Hard braking (very near lockup) from 100+ speeds seems more controlled & less 'skittish' especially at the verge of Maintained' Cruising speeds from 70 to triple digit++. About a 50-50 mix of 'well paved' and 'less than well Took a 100+ mile 'jaunt' this morning on some faster roads. Tomorrow should be another good riding day in 'sunny' SoCal so I'll do a longer 'checkout' of the brace. Never found a place that I could safely and/or adequately test the difference in high(er) speed braking as pavementĬonditions (intermittent wet, muddy, dirty, puddly, slow moving cages, etc) were working against me this afternoon. More feedback, reduced 'squirmy' feeling and more bite on continuously irregular surfaces! Before the bike felt pretty secure, it now feels really 'Planted' regardless of the pavement inconsistencies.

Medium speed 'quick' transitions on the aforementioned 'cobbly' surfaces seemed to be equally The extra feedback was also very noticeable leaned over braking on the 'less than The irregular surfaces didn't seem to upset or unsettle the front wheel under hard acceleration nearlyĪs much as without the brace. Leaned over and accelerating on the above mentioned surface(s) I got more or better 'feedback' as I approached the Road surfaces normally transmit without the brace on these roads at these speeds and lean angles. Is to say that the feedback from the front wheel is more precise and there is much less of the squirming feel that irregular The difference is very noticeable!Įntering medium speed (40-70mph) turns on 'cobbly' surfaces the front end feels much more 'direction secure'.that The biggest difference came on very bumpy pavement and/or irregular and/or patched surfaces. With the 020s and Wilburs I was pretty happy with high speed transitions.The brace makes it better. Left to right to left transitions quick enough, you accelerate all the way thru the series) three different times just to

I ran a set of really fast S bends (entrance speed about 75 and if you can make the right to On smooth pavement higher speed turns (70 and up) and high speed transitions the little 6Fiddy now seems to tip inĪnd/or turn a tad quicker. I chose roads that I ride on a regular basis (2-4 times weekly) that offerĪ pretty decent variety of pavement types/surfaces and speeds. I wasn't really expecting much in the way of a noticeable difference when I started as I'm pretty happy with the feel andįeedback with the 020s and the Wilburs. In between high gusting winds and thunder showers I managed to sneak in a handful of laps on my favorite local roads. The only reason I bought it was to find out if the front wheel shudder/chatter I occasionaly get on really hard braking I installed the 'Murph's DL650 Forkbrace kit' last week on my little 6Fiddy.

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