Perhaps it was meant to be used for racing as a friend suggested, hence the reason for a damper. I dunoooooo....
It is a mental bike, I just have a very good insight to how to ride it, I lived with one for long enough, and have heard every minute detail from my ex partner. Wether the TL1000s engine has anything to do with it is anyones guess.
Besides I'm very respectful of power, and don't particularly know how to pull wheelies. You can lift it off the front wheel straight away, if you like that sort of thing, its not like an SV, fling it in a corner and it'll bite yer ass far more severely than an SV ever would. It would eat someone for breakfast if put in the wrong hands.
Down tuned engine for more torque.
But anyway, enough of that, we're supposed to be chatting steering dampers