Hawk Fork Brace Mod

[Zapkin]

thanks. probably outside my capabilities.

[Deckard_Cain]

Originally Posted by Bill Hilly

A guy over on the Hawk Facebook sight had one similar to that, and he was under the impression it was for a Wide Glide, BUT I don't think it actually is. He held it up in place, and it came up way past his tire. I told him that he would probably be best to cut it off right below the next set of small round holes. I asked him the spacing between the two
holes I just mentioned, but he evidently never measured them. I don't think it's the brace that everyone recommends, but I'm sure it could be *Made* to work, if one is willing to do a little trimming, and probably welding up on of the mention holes on each side, and drilling another. The reason I asked him to measure between the second set of small round holes is just to compare spacing to the threaded holes in the Hawk's lower forks.

That was probably me... I haven't gotten around to the XR engine guard or fork brace yet.. too busy on life/work stuff.

For me what model HD the brace was for was irrelevant, I'm going to be bending, cutting, drilling, and possibly welding on it anyhow. It was more a matter of getting a brace of sufficient size, thickness, and general shape that I could use as a starting point.

It came up super high off my tire because I simply placed it where it would be if you could use the intended mounting holes.

Clearly it needs new holes drilled, so those would be placed higher up the brace, thus lowering it closer to the tire.

[Bill Hilly]

Originally Posted by Deckard_Cain

That was probably me... I haven't gotten around to the XR engine guard or fork brace yet.. too busy on life/work stuff.

For me what model HD the brace was for was irrelevant, I'm going to be bending, cutting, drilling, and possibly welding on it anyhow. It was more a matter of getting a brace of sufficient size, thickness, and general shape that I could use as a starting point.

It came up super high off my tire because I simply placed it where it would be if you could use the intended mounting holes.

Clearly it needs new holes drilled, so those would be placed higher up the brace, thus lowering it closer to the tire.

If you get the chance, measure the center to center spacing between the set of small round hole that are one row up from the bottom, and the width of the brace itself up about that point. That information will be a big help to those thinking about seeing if they want to try to make it work.