DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?

To be clear, your brother wanted skinny 235 tires, or was limited to 235 tires?

He couldn't get anything bigger in there. As it was, his backspacing is limited by the rack and his front space was limited by the fender. And he had to add steering stops to keep the wheel from hitting the rack too.

In my opinion, not a great design. But to each their own.