This fork brace is like a piece of jewellery for the GT from my perspective, there is not much doubt that it will satisfy the function and purpose it's been built for and many look-alikes may appear. The Thai are specialists on all this sort of items and some of them do look really nice.
A crank conversion kit like yours that has the potential to reduce the weight of the reciprocating masses and hence smoothing out the engine run, possibly allow for higher revs, reduce the stresses on the bearings requires much more detail discussion and "advertising" which I would happily follow up since there is some general concerns towards alloy conrods from my side when it comes to durability and rebuilding the whole engine is something i preferably don't want to do on my bike all too often.
So there can't be enough info about those interesting items you have made.
Thank you for the compliment. My friends and I put a lot of thought into the design and manufacture of the parts
offered for sale. Please read my e-bay ads for more info. Any questions will be gladly answered.
As far as the rod.. I decided on the material after a discussion with Fred Carrillo. The highest quality
aircraft aluminum (made in US) is used with Crower bushing and German race. I tried to break them for one
season without any luck.. They are not made for racing or extreme RPM. They would probably take it.
The idea is to take away unneeded weight, ad length and allow the use of a more advanced forged piston (lighter)
with a modern low tension ring package.
Any other questions please e-mail me TRIENG1@aol.com
Pete PS Check out new Black Anodized Fork Brace