Different style fork brace than I've seen before

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This is typical chopper stuff. When guys put extended tubes on their front ends there was a need to have an additional brace between where the end of the bottom fork legs would come up to and the lower triple tree. Guys were raking their necks and putting 10" and longer tubes on their front ends. Sometimes their front ends would bend on a bad bump they were so long. These braces offered some extra support.
 
Used to call them "tweak bars" back in the day. I think I might have a couple in the junk box but they might be Triumph. You can usually find them at swap meets cheap. Good source of aluminum stock for friends with lathes and mills in their garage.

For a stock length front end they would need to mount nearly as high as the lower triple tree, making them pretty ineffective.

Anyone heard any rumors of Hyde planning on making a new run of Norton braces?
 
Ron L said:
Anyone heard any rumors of Hyde planning on making a new run of Norton braces?
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If you search you could probably find a dealer that has one on the shelf. I managed to locate one at Clubman Racing a little less than a year ago but I think I nabbed his last one.
 
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