SPORTZAGE Posted May 30, 2008 #76 Posted May 30, 2008 BJB, IS THAT A SUPER BRACE? Looks like what I understand one should look like but I've never seen a super brace yet so you tell me...lol. Thanks for the link !
Condor Posted May 30, 2008 Author #77 Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) Hey all , newbie idiot here and just two months into Venture-ism. Thought miine had the super brace already but turns out from last description I read it doesn't. Mine is about 1/2 inch thick and has hex top bolts. Since I missed the gi-normous order at the good price what would be my best option at this point to get one? Sorry Condor because I messaged you once when ordering and told you I thought mine alreaady had one but I didn't know what I was talking about.Did do the clutch upgrade already tho and wow..what a difference ! Any reply's would be appreciated! Bob-1990 Venture Royale Bob. Is the fork brace you have now a thick piece of aluminum, or one that is sorta rounded..sculptured acrossed the top. If it's rounded it's OEM, and if it's a flat 'slab' then you may have a super brace, and wouldn't need one of these braces. Attached is a pic of the braces side by side. The one on the left is OEM, and the one on the right is 'our' brace. Edited May 30, 2008 by Condor
Freebird Posted May 30, 2008 #78 Posted May 30, 2008 No, it is not a Super Brace. Super Brace is a brand name. That is a similar product that is manufactured and sold for the same purpose but it is NOT the Super Brace brand.
SPORTZAGE Posted May 30, 2008 #79 Posted May 30, 2008 OK Condor, Thank you ! Mine is OEM for sure! Had no idea the super brace was so flat and square looking.IS that one on ebay the equivilent of a super brace? Would it be worth purchasing in place of the "super brace "brand?
Condor Posted May 30, 2008 Author #80 Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) OK Condor, Thank you ! Mine is OEM for sure! Had no idea the super brace was so flat and square looking.IS that one on ebay the equivilent of a super brace? Would it be worth purchasing in place of the "super brace "brand? The brace on Ebay is the same one we did the group buy on. I went ahead and picked up 4 more braces this morning to cover any problems that could arise, but now it looks like I didn't need to. Anyway PM me if you'd like to pick one up. And IMHO the brace we bought is much better looking than the SB, and it will do the same thing. I got tired of packing so went out and played with the '91 this morning. Put on one of the black braces. Looks really nice... I also want to repeat what Don said in a previous post. These braces are NOT Super Braces, and were never represented as such right from the get-go. Edited May 30, 2008 by Condor
SPORTZAGE Posted May 30, 2008 #81 Posted May 30, 2008 Thanks Condor, I think I'll go ahead and get the one on ebay since I am an experienced ebay-er and not sure how to do the transaction with you.I really appreciate your help and think you are doing an awesome thing in handling the "brace buy" for everyone! Also thanks to BJ for pointing out the brace on ebay!
Condor Posted May 30, 2008 Author #82 Posted May 30, 2008 Thanks Condor, I think I'll go ahead and get the one on ebay since I am an experienced ebay-er and not sure how to do the transaction with you.I really appreciate your help and think you are doing an awesome thing in handling the "brace buy" for everyone! Also thanks to BJ for pointing out the brace on ebay! No problem. Although I don't see what the difference would be other than the extra $17 bucks thru Ebay. Paypal's paypal...... Either way, it's an excellent brace, and a good value.
Guest fawnpugsx2 Posted May 30, 2008 #83 Posted May 30, 2008 Thanks' so much, what an effort on such a big project WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Javarow Posted May 30, 2008 #84 Posted May 30, 2008 Got notice of shipment from USPS looking forward to getting the brace. Thank you Condor for all your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:322:
Tupperj Posted May 31, 2008 #85 Posted May 31, 2008 Got my braces today and they look great! Guess it's working on the forks for me this weekend. Well done, Condor! Paul
Condor Posted May 31, 2008 Author #86 Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) Where's Prairiecoot??? I received a paypal payment from him way back when, and when I went to ship I couldn't find his shipping address inthe notice. I couldn't find one on the details page of Paypal either. He and Bongobob's are the last two, and Bob knows the reason for his holdup.... Everyone should have gotten shipping notices if I had your Email address by now. So this one's practically history. I had no idea we'd have that many 1stGens interested in the brace idea. Thanks to everyone for your participation, :clap2:but I don't think I'll be doing another one of these...very soon. :whistling: Just wanted to add that I do have about four braces left if anyone is interested??? Edited May 31, 2008 by Condor
Guest Ken8143 Posted May 31, 2008 #87 Posted May 31, 2008 Thanks Condor. Got mine in the mail today and took all of 5 minutes to install. Can't wait to take it for a ride to see what difference it makes.
Snaggletooth Posted May 31, 2008 #88 Posted May 31, 2008 Got mine Saturday morning. A damn fine looking piece of metal. Thanks Condor for your time and trouble. Great job on a great deal! :cool10::cool10:
capn eddie Posted May 31, 2008 #89 Posted May 31, 2008 Thank's Condor got my brace today around 9 am so im told . i went to jefferson city,mo. this morning with the Mo. VTX riders for there meet and greet. Left around 7am and got back at 5:30 pm. around 300 miles today with no rain until about 30 miles from home it rained. But thats ok cause it was a good test for the Rain coat that i had on the windshield , it works great. again thank"s for everything you did for all of us. I will install my brace sunday and go test it out then.
Dano Posted May 31, 2008 #90 Posted May 31, 2008 Found what we were looking for, it's a 5/8ths cap that taps right into the hole. I'm thinkin a little silicone around the ring, pop it in and your screw heads are nice and sealed up. Any hardware store should have them. Button caps, I think they're called.
bobcat Posted May 31, 2008 #91 Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) Thanks Jack Got my brace today...It took me about 10 mins to put it on...looks great Bobcat..Reno, NV Edited June 1, 2008 by bobcat
IH Truck Guy Posted June 1, 2008 #92 Posted June 1, 2008 Jack,great looking brace.It came today just in time because I put on the new front tire and brakes.Thanks again for the effort.. I'm going to tear the rear apart tonite and pull the tire off and do brakes,and finally put on my shiny brand new MAC mufflers. The question I have is there are no indents on the inside like the stock pipes.Is this a problem???????I guess I'll know when I pull off the old ones,but I figured I'd ask...
Condor Posted June 1, 2008 Author #93 Posted June 1, 2008 Jack,great looking brace.It came today just in time because I put on the new front tire and brakes.Thanks again for the effort.. I'm going to tear the rear apart tonite and pull the tire off and do brakes,and finally put on my shiny brand new MAC mufflers. The question I have is there are no indents on the inside like the stock pipes.Is this a problem???????I guess I'll know when I pull off the old ones,but I figured I'd ask... You're gonna be stylin'.... The mufflers need extra washers to take up the space on the 86-93's. There are a few Mark II owners on the board that have mounted the MAC's. Maybe a couple of them could chime in with a hint or two. No problem with the indent not being there. Speaking of MAC mufflers, this years list is up to nine members the last time I checked. Now that the Brace Buy is over I'll be putting in the order the first of the week. We'll need 10 minium, but if we get more than 10, it better happen before monday. Once the order is placed it can't be added to unless we come up with another 10.
86er Posted June 2, 2008 #94 Posted June 2, 2008 Got notice of shipment from USPS looking forward to getting the brace. Thank you Condor for all your work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:322: I agree, Thank You Jack for all your work on this and other buys! But everybody is talking of notice of shipping by USPS, I haven't seen anything like that yet. Is that an email thing or what?!? Or maybe it's just sitting on my kitchen table.
86er Posted June 2, 2008 #95 Posted June 2, 2008 As for the Mac Muffler thing, I put them on my 86 and on the left one I had some trouble. I had to elongate the mounting hole and open the end of the muffler, it also hangs a little lower than the right one. Of course, this may all have to do with my crash at the Dragon last year which pushed the whole rear left side down. And, yes as I recall, you need to use some spacers. I went to Ace Hardware and bought them in chrome. I bought different sizes and used what worked.
Snaggletooth Posted June 2, 2008 #96 Posted June 2, 2008 Carbs done and mounted...........check Brace installed.........................check Rec/reg installed......................check Start bike...............................check, double check Monitor charging system............check Sync carbs.............................check Crap! Buy gas for bike.......................Friggin' Priceless! Duh. Thanks again. It looks good sitting there. Snaggletooth
Condor Posted June 2, 2008 Author #97 Posted June 2, 2008 I agree, Thank You Jack for all your work on this and other buys! But everybody is talking of notice of shipping by USPS, I haven't seen anything like that yet. Is that an email thing or what?!? Or maybe it's just sitting on my kitchen table. Could be on your kitchen table Todd. If not, betcha it shows tomorrow. The cost of UPS would have killed us. Everything went out USPS Priority. I did ship it to the address change you gave me....
Condor Posted June 2, 2008 Author #98 Posted June 2, 2008 As for the Mac Muffler thing, I put them on my 86 and on the left one I had some trouble. I had to elongate the mounting hole and open the end of the muffler, it also hangs a little lower than the right one. Of course, this may all have to do with my crash at the Dragon last year which pushed the whole rear left side down. And, yes as I recall, you need to use some spacers. I went to Ace Hardware and bought them in chrome. I bought different sizes and used what worked. That's neat... I didn't know ACE carried anything like that. I'll be putting a set on the '91 so thanks for the info... BTW which sized worked??
Condor Posted June 2, 2008 Author #99 Posted June 2, 2008 Carbs done and mounted...........check Brace installed.........................check Rec/reg installed......................check Start bike...............................check, double check Monitor charging system............check Sync carbs.............................check Crap! Buy gas for bike.......................Friggin' Priceless! Duh. Thanks again. It looks good sitting there. Snaggletooth
Guest Ballgoof Posted June 3, 2008 #100 Posted June 3, 2008 I got the brace in the mail today. Installed it and rode for 140 miles and life was good other then the 3 car crash and the car that tried to side swipe me. The brace held up well under heaving braking and the man never knew he almost took me down. Just another adventure in defensive driving for us motorcyclists. Seemed smoother in the curves to me also. Thank you for you work on getting this brace to me. Guy
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