forkbrace?

[White Dog_imp]

I am 6' 225 lbs and ride the bike like a sport bike, seeing triple digits almost every time I am on it and iv'e got 28 yrs of riding experience on almost 20 different bikes and i find the handling to be just fine for this type of bike. I dont believe a brace is needed. It may help a little but by no means a necessary item needed at all. Just my honest opinion. The bike is a semi heavy bike with a thin neck so its not going to feel as planted as a sport tourer or sport bike but for what it is I feel it does the job well.

I'm about your size but do not ride anywhere near triple digits. May have seen 90 one time and it felt there was plenty more. I agree with you that a fork brace is not needed on my cycle since I don't race it, or jerk it around. I've been riding since 1980 and have been in one side ditch in all those years. Stupid of me to try to keep up with a crotch rocket on a very curvy road. Fortunately, the cycle did not go down but I quickly learnd to respect what the cycle I was on could or could not do very quickly. Being airborne for a couple seconds was all the "thrill" I ever want. Managed to keep it under control both before and after the air ride.