When in tight high speed turns on highways and such I was noticing some slightly scary shaking in the wheel. It almost felt as if the wheel was moving independently of the handlebars. I was reading online and it seems that the fork brace is known to have stress cracks, and eventually break. This will cause the bike to go into a tank slapper and you hitting the ground. Not cool. I wasn't certain this was really my problem, until i pulled the fork brace...
Yes, I know my aluminum is seriously oxidized. I have serious work to do with every piece of aluminum on this bike.
You can see the stress crack in the aluminum. There is a couple more cracks elsewhere. This piece of aluminum looks fancy when it's on the bike, but it is cheap cast aluminum and only 1/8" thick. I plan on making a nice replacement, but to get me home safely I just cleaned up a scrap piece of aluminum laying around the shop, put a few holes in it and slapped it on the bike.
Once again, this is just to keep me on the road safely until I can make a nice replacement. But working full time and taking college classes really limits the amount of time you get to spend working on the bike. I know a lot of you out there understand that.
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