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Rad Power Bikes Chat => Rad Modifications => Topic started by: Count on November 04, 2020, 12:47:51 PM

Title: Torque arms for front fork dropouts
Post by: Count on November 04, 2020, 12:47:51 PM
As you may know, I added a 1000w front hub motor to my Rad Runner. I began to have some concerns about the strength of the dropouts, which appear to be cast aluminum, and are not very "meaty".  I read some other reports where it may be unsafe to install a hub motor EITHER on a sprung fork front end, OR on a fork which was not designed to handle one.  So I ordered 2 of these, and bolstered up the dropouts, and feel much more secure.  I would probably install at least one even if I did not have a suspension fork OR a hub motor up front!  Inexpensive and easy to install!

If you are curious, the red thing is a twist handle for a hose clamp, and the steel rod coming up from the left and under the clamp is my fender strut. 

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