The Eagle Mike Fork Brace is a “must have” mod for your KLR650
Eagle Mike Fork Brace KLR650
Issue: The stock forks on the KLR650 are both vertically and horizontally soft and susceptible to vibration and torsion. The KLR’s front forks can flex and wobble quite a bit under braking, cornering, off-road and at high speeds. Fixing this was goal #1. Goal #2 was finding a way to lower the front fender on my 2008 KLR650 (see KLR650 Lowered Front Fender Modification for details).
Eagle Mike fork brace with lowered front fender-KLR650
Solution: I think every KLR forum, blog and review I read recommended using theEagle Mike Fork Brace for the 650. Even Mike himself was a huge help, he seems to be active on every forum. The best deal for us Canadian riders seemed to be from www.aviciouscycle.ca and as usual the order process was seamless. The Eagle Mike Fork Brace was easily installed on my KLR and took only 5 minutes to complete (prior to the lowered fender mod). The improved performance of the front suspension was remarkable, the flex and wobbling is almost non-existent. It has reduced both low and high speed wobble and has improved the KLR’s cornering ability. This is a must have for any KLR. It completely changed the feel of the 650 and firmed up the the handling.
Note:
- Shortly after the installation of the Eagle Mike Fork Brace on my KLR I also installed the Progressive Suspension Fork Spring as well. The combination is unbelievable! I highly recommend these two modifications. (I’ll post the link as to the review as soon as it’s available.)
- It seems that a few 2008+ KLR650 owners were having issues with bindding at the top of the brace but I didn’t or couldn’t re-create that issue on my bike.
- The Eagle Mike Fork Brace gets two thumbs up from me and I highly recommend moving it near the top of your KLR bucket list.
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