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im after a steering damper for a sv650 does anyone know what type 916 style or down frame type and where i can get one

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Why???

never even come close to a tankslapper.

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I have, but you have to work for it. Better to spend the money on suspension IMO- avoid the cut rather than buying an elastoplast for it.

A side-mount damper's cheaper, normally, but 916-style looks far better and is better protected in drops as well...

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i had an almighty tankslapper the other night...

i'm getting a damper, i wiegh sod all and that doesnt help, it'll give me peace of mind.

hyper-pro? have been suggested to me, have a look at jhs racings web site.

ps. have a look at teh nearly...very nearly thread in sv talk section,lots of advice!

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GPR dampers work the best on the SV injected bikes. I have been using one on my race SV for 3 seasons now.

They are very compact and fit neatly onto the top yoke. They are £295 with the fitting kit but its only the fitting kit that is bike specific so effectivly you have a damper for life that will fit 99% of bikes with just the addition of a fitting kit if you change your bike.

Even being an Ohlins dealer i recommend and sell more of these than anything else. They just work so much better and are more consistant than a rod damper.

Easy to adjust when your riding too as the adjuster is on the top of the damper..even with gloves on!.

http://www.gprstabilizer.com/products

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Those GPR dampers look the neatest option too. I like, but more for the visual bling, than for any real need.

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I forgot about those :rolleyes: Very clever design. But still, SV slappers tend to come from the rear end, £300 is most of the way to a proper shock which will give you other benefits, or will pay for a cheaper shock swap and reworked front end.

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I weigh very little mate. Never had an issue on a range of bikes except when there was something wrong with them or the suspension was set way out for me. I'd say your cash can be better spent elsewhere

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i weigh between 9.5-10 stone i go up and down!

ok so it could be the suspension set up, i really doint want to tackle it myself, i might pop down essential rubber in dalston,(near you), there a good bunch and should be able to sort me out.:)

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It can happen, and today I understand why. The sv is softly sprung (we all know that) and it ties itself in knots if pushed a little hard. Front end likes to flap about a little. Push more, it'll slap very hard...

Matt

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yep very hard:pale:

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Braking,steering,suspension set-up and riding style are the reasons tank-slappers happen so unless you are treating the roads like a racetrack I think you would be safer to have the previously mentioned checked out first before investing your money in what maybe an unnecessary piece of equipment.If a fault exists you will still have it after fitting a damper. Only trying to save you money mate

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Did you have your box on, and any weight in it, I wonder? My SV's about as sorted as road bikes get, but with weight behind the rear wheel it's still easy to unweight the front, and that can cause instability. With a less good suspension setup it'd also help to overwhelm the rear- you'll use more travel just to carry the weight of the bike, squat more on power, and you're more likely to kick off bumps.

Most SV slappers come from the rear- it gets overwhelmed and stops responding effectively to the road surface. That has a knock-on effect on the front- when the rear starts kicking and squashing, the front starts weighting and unweighting.

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Sprint make a decent damper too with SV fitting kit. I just got one cheap, thought might as well have one. Thinking along the lines of best to have one and not need it than not have one and find yourself in the preverbial.

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Won't application of throttle cause the rear suspension to extend rather than cause squatting?

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Good point, you've caught me being sloppy :) you're right, engine power causes the bike to stand up, as you can feel if you feed the clutch in with the brakes on. But on hard acceleration in lower gears you also get a squatting effect from the weight redistribution- at full power you can have the whole weight sat on the rear wheel. It doesn't actually matter which is more pronounced though, because they both have the same effect, of giving the rear shock a lot more work to do.

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Might be being thick here, but how does weight effect "slapability"? I'm only 9 stone myself and 5'5" and have really tried poking the SV into one but the closest I can get is a slight twitch. I've had enough on other bikes to know that they **** me up, so I can see your want, I'm just not sure it's likely to ever happen again and so you end up with the negatives of a steering damper without ever really making use of the positives (obviously decent dampers have few negatives but they're going to have some).

If anything I'd have thought light weight would be a benefit as spring rate at least is about right for us lightweights. Damping's still a bit iffy mind.

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i have owned alot of different bikes and touch would i have never come close to a serious slapper! just the odd wag of the bars which is never a problem! i think alot of people tense up when this happens which can then transfere it to the rest of the bike, its best to just stay relaxed and i be smooth in whatever you do i,e accelarate or deceletate. the smoother and more relaxed you ride the less it upsets the bike

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i downloaded a few bits n bobs on SV suspension set up etc last night

my settings are on standard on the front-3

the rear im not sure i think its higher tha what it should be-4

i dont treat the road like a race track, all i did was overtake 1 car, i beleive i hit a bump and that caused it, not had any probs before when accelerating hard.

like i said all i know is it scared the ****e outta me n i dont want it happening again!

funnily enough it happened so fast, i dont know how it stopped but it did!

my mate at work is really good with bikes and cars hes gonna help me set it up.

understanding why it happened is all good, but i just want to eliminte it happening again as much as possible.

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SV: The thinking man's TL? :lol:



Coat...

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i race an sv at darley moor and trying to clip the curbs through the chicanes really upsets the front end of the bike thats why im looking for a steering damper would prefer to mount one on the side

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thats where your going wrong, your meant to jump the curbs at darley :)

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i would kinda like to have one and if i ever find a deal im sure i will get one. I'm thinking it would be nice to get one for my dads klr 250 at 70-80 mph on the interstate where the air is turbulent you have to stiff arm it or the wobble will get worse and worse