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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:21 am
by Sev
It works sort of like those air tubes on a swinging screen door, but in both directions. It helps prevent a sudden swing to the left or right. But hopefully won't change normal handling tooo much.
Re: fdfd
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:29 am
by scan
scanevalexec wrote:Dirtytoes wrote:Chip Beazley wrote:RE: The speed wobble movie...
If you are going to make a practice of riding really fast on a crotch rocket, a good steering damper is well worth the $450 - $500 they cost.
i myself am stil a little confused.....what exactly does the steering damper do?
Easy. The damper is connected to the bars and runs to the frame. It is a small shock absorber. It stops the handlebars from being free to just swing back and forth (a tank slapper). The lighter and sportier the bike the more likely a steering might help.
Like this -
When the front end gets light it makes it harder for the bars to swing loose.
Re: fdfd
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:59 pm
by Dirtytoes
scanevalexec wrote:scanevalexec wrote:Dirtytoes wrote:Chip Beazley wrote:RE: The speed wobble movie...
If you are going to make a practice of riding really fast on a crotch rocket, a good steering damper is well worth the $450 - $500 they cost.
i myself am stil a little confused.....what exactly does the steering damper do?
Easy. The damper is connected to the bars and runs to the frame. It is a small shock absorber. It stops the handlebars from being free to just swing back and forth (a tank slapper). The lighter and sportier the bike the more likely a steering might help.
Like this -
When the front end gets light it makes it harder for the bars to swing loose.
oh i see.......now are those for really sporty bikes? or would you put on on for example a gixxed 750?
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:28 am
by scan
Any short angled bike will have a likely application. Gixxer, Ninja, CBR - punch "steering stabilizer motorcycle" and you'll find a bunch of applications. Not very likely you'd see them for cruisers though.