steering damper

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kermit the frog
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steering damper

Post by kermit the frog »

obviously you racing guy (and galls) push the zxr400 far much more than i would when i ride on the road even if i am riding briskly lol, neway would any of you fit a steering damper to the zxr and if so which make would you fit and what affects do they have to the bike. cheers guys.
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Re: steering damper

Post by lewisdale »

i was thinking about putting one on my road bike as i know if im hammering down a rough road or hit a lil bump when accelerating hard the steering wobbles everywhere, quite scary at times lol, there are some really cheap ones on ebay but dont know how good they would be? obviously its only for the road so dont need a top notch one but as i say i dont know if the cheap ones r good enough
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Re: steering damper

Post by jake »

most people use the sprint ones. They are cheap and do the job.they are side mounted, so Im not sure if they would fit with all the stuff that might be in the way on a roadbike...im not sure, its been a while since i looked at a zxr roadbike
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Re: steering damper

Post by lewisdale »

how easy are they to fit?
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Re: steering damper

Post by jake »

well, on a racebike peice of piss. on in 2 mins.
clamp around the left fork leg and attached to the mounting point on the frame just along from the headstock. Dunno what normally attaches there on the roadbikes tho :smt017
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Post by cargo »

jake wrote:well, on a racebike peice of piss. on in 2 mins.
clamp around the left fork leg and attached to the mounting point on the frame just along from the headstock. Dunno what normally attaches there on the roadbikes tho :smt017
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Re: steering damper

Post by jake »

would the headlight unit get in the way tho, thats my concern?
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Re: steering damper

Post by bendog66 »

no, it doesn't. Not even close to it :smt001
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