Fork brace and fender question.

[XsjadoTwin]

I temporarily removed my front fender after a trip to the bike salvage yard. I was looking for a smaller fender because I DO NOT want to hack my fender to bits, it's in absolute prestine condition and it would be a sin to bring anything but the softest of clothes to its surface.

Anyways I found a few candidates but both are still just a bit wide for the forks so I COULD cut the fender in half remove a bit from each side and reweld it grind it and use some filler to make it look pretty. Which I am WILLING to put in for my final product.

Here is my question (for those of you still reading) for light driving (I live in a gird pattern city I can literally go anywhere in under a dozen turns) CAN I run a fork brace (with no front fender) while I am working on making my future front fender work? Only reason I ask is because I noticed an added brace/mounting tab for the stock front fender. Now I dont know if this added brace on the cl360 was for rigidity or a way they mounted the fender to the forks) any cb/cl360 owners will know what I'm talking about when oi mention this "brace" its as about 12:30 on the fender and is riveted to the fender itself

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

The stock fender mount has 4 rivets holding the fender on....you can remove the rivets and just use the brace (I recommend retaining the brace). The forks are so spindly, they need all the help they can get.

so yes, you can ride with just the brace.

I am waiting for CrazyPJ to make a machined aluminum brace. Front forks cannot be too rigid.
The idea of the upside fork was not for damping, as they are configured the same as far as damping, but because the female sliders are wider diameter and more rigid than the thinner tubes. USD forks advantage is rigidity. A more rigid fork makes for a better handling bike!!