[Hood]

Currently looks a little like a giant "Dutch shoe".

Do you not recall their name? Maybe your mind is clogged up with other things

 

[Hood]

Surely has to be Wiglaf.

 

[Hood]

A Ural dealership claims business has been brisk over the past few years here in southern Ontario, Canada:
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I actually considered getting one when I was planning on getting back on bikes then I slapped some sense into myself

 

[Hood]

Urals, for all intents and purposes, are tractors. So they are likely unattractive to those who need speed and agility.

That said, there are aspects that are appealing, especially if headin' into retirement years.

It was more for hauling welders and my Dug aboot

 

[Hood]

Saw one of your brethren on the run I did on Sunday, it was in Dunkeld and looks like a Ural.

 

[Hood]

Likewise the

...Grass fed beef!....

They have either eaten all of it or grass there is different from here

 

[Hood]

Looks like the frame is just not designed to stand the abnormal loads and stresses the hack puts on it, especially the leading link setup

 

[Hood]

Personally I would say the leading link is the main culprit, it will be extending the front wheel much further out than stock and producing a lot of leverage onto the head stock. Add to that the leading link suspension works a lot different from the oem forks in that the wheel will not compress in line with the headstock in the way oem forks would. To my mind the leading link will be be producing forces that are flexing the headstock fore and aft with suspension travel.
Lastly the frame was designed to flex, well according to Honda anyway, problem is the forces acting on it now with the leading link will be far different than from oem forks and thus the flexing of the frame is now not at the points Honda envisioned.


The solutions you propose may help or they may just shift the problems to other points but you certainly have nothing to lose by doing them and hopefully a lot to gain.