Takin the piss

[PILRCGeff]

£160 for a fork brace! :mad:
Thats just takin the piss :eek:
Anyone any idea how much it should cost to get one made by a CNC type engineering place?

[Jonnyfp]

£160 for a fork brace! :mad:
Thats just takin the piss :eek:
Anyone any idea how much it should cost to get one made by a CNC type engineering place?


90 quid on the steep side, our bloke in the maintenance pen used to make em for 40, him gone now tho, so i guess i'm fuck all use.

:o

160 is a pisstake tho.

[bad toad]

pm me ya idea and what bike its for an we,ll work sommit out!!! :)

[PILRCGeff]

I will take some measurements and knock up a drawing tomorrow.
I only want something simple in Ally. Doesnt even need to be polished or anodised or anything like that.
Its for a Harley sportster.

[critch]

telefix ones in m and p mate

they make em for screaming eagle.... think theyre about £90

[Grav]

Here you go.

http://www.mandp.co.uk/list.aspx?tier1=Handling&tier2=Fork+braces&tier3=Telefix

Take your pick.

[PILRCGeff]

Yes, thats a nice price but - WHERES THE APPLICATION TABLE????

I even looked on the Telefix website and couldnt find one there. Am I supposed to guess which one will fit?

[critch]

theyve got a contact number on their website mate dont know if youll get an english speaker as its in germany.....

mind you shouldnt be a problem for yerself ;)

[PILRCGeff]

Ill take a ride up to Abbingdon in the next few days and talk to them at M&P there.

that M&P website is carp though. half the stuff theres no picture of or even a decent description and theres no aplication charts for anything.

You are right though, Telefix are the ones used by harley as Sreaming Eagle and you get to pay twice as much just cos they chromed it and wrote Screaming Eagle on it. I dont want chrome or fancy writing and I dont want to pay 160 quid for a 90 quid part!!!

[critch]

i was thinking of the telefix website in germany mate....

www.telefix-products.de/


www.spec2.com/clips.html

these have got em for $129 and they ship worldwide

also try

www.chopperscycle.com

and

www.krooners.com

[Bosun]

cant find link saw one earlier for about £40 on ebay

[Spike]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/harley-sportster-fork-brace-screaming-eagle_W0QQitemZ8048704973QQcategoryZ10458QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

[Bosun]

well done that spike

[Spike]

Im just an ebay whore :p ;)

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Evenin Spike. :)

[PILRCGeff]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/harley-sportster-fork-brace-screaming-eagle_W0QQitemZ8048704973QQcategoryZ10458QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem
Saw that but a bit put of by

"also you will need 3 new bolts with one of them broken but can easly be removed an others lost,"

If its so easy to remove why hasnt he? also £40 with missing bits and a broken off bolt in one of the holes doesnt really seem like a bargain.

Im thinking the telefix option is the best way to go particularly since the Wimpering Pigeon version is chromed and the telefix original is a far nicer mat black version.

Just got to figure out which one I need, The M&P catalogue part references dont seem to tie in with the listings Ive found so far.

But £89 is a lot more reasonable than £160 so telefix is worth checking out.

[PILRCGeff]

By the way, thankyou all for your help/advice.
Im definately going to try to get the telefix one but if that doesnt work out then I will give Bad Toad a call and see what can be sorted.