Steering Dampers

[Dualcyclone]

Hi,

I just wanted to get some peoples recommendations on steering dampers - if anyone has one!!

I never thought about getting one until my crash on my daytona last year, I figured a steering damper is probably a wise purchase :)

Cheers,

Luke

[yorkie_chris]

http://www.hardracing.com/images/scotts06GSXR.jpg


Never used one, but fnarr fnarr it looks good :-P

[ASM-Forever]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f308/keedo666/Sv650%20Photo/P1010064.jpg

Here's a photo of mine.

I quite like the feel it gives to the bike when steering, but i only really feel the benefit when i'm accelerating quickly on dodgy roads.

That said i've ridden a mates bike without a damper, since i fitted mine and it felt 'wrong'.

I've also ridden a bike with a GPR(i think anyway) one fitted and it felt really knotchy. No way near as smooth as mine.

All statements are IMHO of course.

[metalmonkey]

They are different school of though on dampers, I read a few post about it on the mini twin site, that was you don't need really need one for racing a mini twin, so I guess it depends on you and also what bike ur riding.

It may be best to spend the cash on suspsion first, though me being a 10 short ass stone i can get away with alot more, than u heavier lot.

To be honest are going to notice a lot of differnce riding around town ect? I mean me being in da city, the roads are quite bad and you never hit speed until you get of town, well I don't any way.

Its personel choice I would sday, but have no plans to fit one of my road sv, race bike thats a different matter.

[phil24_7]

I have a K5 GSX-R one that I'm contemplating selling!

[northwind]

I've nothing against the idea- in fact I've always been tempted to get one in a cross-yoke fitment, as they look fantastic :smt045 But, with the SV they're generally a patch for another defect, rear shock, and the cost of a decent damper will go most of the way to sorting the fault itself instead of covering it up.

[phil24_7]

Shush Northy, you'll put people off buying my damper. ;-)

[Ratty46]

i was thinking of getting one after a big tankslapper, after asking on teh org, many suggested suspension upgrades first. i didnt have teh many to change fork springs or rear shocks, so i had my bike set up by B-aka BN Racing Science off londonbikers, made a world of difrence no longer twitchy, only when pushed really hard over bumps do i get a slight twitch, bike turns in quicker and holds a line better through the corner.

still thinking about upgrading my rear shock, and getting a damper, cos they do look very cool :D

[Dualcyclone]

i was thinking of getting one after a big tankslapper, after asking on teh org, many suggested suspension upgrades first. i didnt have teh many to change fork springs or rear shocks, so i had my bike set up by B-aka BN Racing Science off londonbikers, made a world of difrence no longer twitchy, only when pushed really hard over bumps do i get a slight twitch, bike turns in quicker and holds a line better through the corner.

still thinking about upgrading my rear shock, and getting a damper, cos they do look very cool :D

This is the exact reason why I thought of getting one - when I got side swiped I ended up having a big tank slap, which had I not had, I reckon I'd have been fine and not fell off!