35mm Narrow Glide Fork Brace

1986 fxrd narrow glide fork brace

I’ve been interested in fork brace for 35mm Showa Narrow Glide Forks for a long time. This time, I accidentally acquired an aluminum fender for 19 inch tyres. So I decided to make a fender support bracket which can also be used as a front fork stabilizer.

harley-davidson 35mm narrow fork brace

As narrow glide forks literally don’t have much more space than necessary between both fork tubes, considering the strength of the parts, I tried to go with a 2.3mm thickness stainless steel plate as main body instead of aluminum plates.

harley davidson narrow glide fork brace

I made two aluminum rods which would bridge both stainless steel plates. The material of the rods are aluminum alloy 6061.

harley davidson narrow glide fork brace

I drilled to make a hole on the center of each rod to put through a screw to hold fender.

Harley Davidson 35mm narrow glide fork brace

This is the aluminum fender which I acquired not long ago. I suppose it was a fender for Yamaha SR400 which was equipped with 19 inch front tyre like Harley-Davidson FXR models.

1986 fxrd narrow glide fork brace

I drilled two holes on the center of the fender for screws. Regrettably, several holes are remaining on either side of the fender which have been used on SR400. I must weld and fill them in the future.

1986 fxrd narrow glide fork brace

Finally, I put them on my FXRD. It seems that nothing could be a trouble. There is enough clearance between the bracket, fender and tyre.

1986 fxrd narrow glide fork brace

1986 fxrd narrow glide fork brace

At last, I’ve done test riding and checked how it worked.

I could feel slightly that the bracket stabilized wobbling of the forks especially turning right or left.

I’m going to continue test riding for a while since I think there are several critical elements demanding for motorcycle parts and durability is one of the most important elements of them all.

harley davidson 1986 fxrd with fork brace

Second version of speaker covers for FXRD

1986 fxrd aluminum speaker cover and brass plates

Second version of speaker covers for Harley-Davidson FXRD fairing.

Etched plates which are made of brass have more simple appearance than predecessor.
Grill part is honeycomb style mesh and other part of the plate has no specific design. It is just painted black.

Base plates are made of A5052 aluminum alloy.
Kit contains 4 slotted bolts and 4 wellnuts.

To mount these covers on fairing, a little work is necessary. Please ream the mounting holes existing on the fairing so that the wellnuts can be inserted in them.

[ Speaker Covers and brass plates for FXRD fairing ]

fxrd aluminum speaker cover and brass plates
Kit contains 2 brass plates, 2 aluminum plates and hardware.
1986 fxrd aluminum speaker cover and brass plates
Speaker covers are mounted on the fairing

New products : Point Covers

Harley-Davidson FXRD Grand Touring Point Cover with bolts

I will release new products Point Covers at the end of August 2020.

There are 4 types of point covers.

1. 1986 FXRD Grand Touring
No explanation is necessary to describe this point cover. I dedicate this point cover for fanatic fans of Harley-Davidson FXRD.

Harley-Davidson FXRD Grand Touring Point Cover with bolts

2. 8bit Digital Ignition
What remarkable is the development of technology. Maybe the time has come to update your ignition system from old point ignition to the latest digital ignition.
Please never forget putting this point cover on your motorcycle when update is done.

Harley-Davidson 8bit digital ignition aluminum point cover

3. FLH with checker flag
One of the most popular and iconic name in the series of Harley-Davidson motorcycles is “FLH”, isn’t it?
This cover represents the honor of the king of motorcycles.

Harley-Davidson FLH checker flag brass and aluminum point cover

4. The age of the Aztec
There was a kingdom in the old days. It was called Aztec empire. That’s all.

Harley-Davidson Aztec point cover

These point covers are mainly made of A5056 aluminum alloy, etched parts are brass plates.
Every brass plates have adhesive tape on their back.
Two #8-32 mounting screws will be included.

I established “Point Covers” page.

The status of the product will be changed from “out of stock” to “order now” when I start the sale.

Tank Dash Inserts for FXR with SpeedoDash

FXRスーパーグライド

Some FXR have speedometer on their fuel tank.

1988 FXR Super Glide
This FXR Super Glide has speedometer on its fuel tank.

Here is a new Tank Dash Insert for those kind of FXR models.
The pattern on the surface is same as previous products, Fish Scale. However, the shape of upper part has difference so as to accept speedometer.
The material of these inserts are stainless steel.

FXD dash insert speedometer

FXR speedometer on fuel tank

New Tank Dash Inserts can be purchased from here.

FXR Fish Scale Inserts for Tank Dash with Speedometer