Steering Dampeners???

[isiahstites]

Can anyone offer up there thoughts on a good dampener for my bike? I am currently running a stock one off of 06' GSXR and I do feel it is sufficent to do the job and want to upgrade to an aftermarket dampener.

thanks,
Scott

[racin jason]

stock damper filled with 80/90 gear oil works well.
Is your damper too close to the stem centerline to work properly?

[ol38y]

I think that is probably the biggest problem with Scott's dampner. The geometry is pretty severe. Just my opinion. But, with a 15 deg. lock they're almost moot...

Larry

[isiahstites]

stock damper filled with 80/90 gear oil works well.
Is your damper too close to the stem centerline to work properly?

Possibly, however I want a good dampener on there. I would prefer to have one that attaches to the fork tube.

Scott

[willieworld]

scott  if you go to the build diaries and look on sheris build you will see some clip ons and a bracket that goes on the fork tube for the damper --its a suzuki damper that i filled with 50 wt oil --easy to empty hard to fill--- seringe-- get all of the air out  sorry about the spelling   willie buchta   

sorry scott its under brackets and other fun stuff in the build diaries    willie

[Super Kaz]

Scott,
CYCLE GEAR USA sells a bunch of different Fork Tube Diameter & Rod Lengths dampener's to fit anything 8 !
I Have had pretty good Luck with them,and they won't Break$$$Your Bank  !
I moved it from 1 side to the other,and it seems to be OK for now.
Not sure what the part # is fr your setup,but get you fork tube diameter and measure the length it needs to me mounted too.Then they can look it up for ya and have it in 1-2 days !
Tell'm I referred ya
Kaz..............

[isiahstites]

stock damper filled with 80/90 gear oil works well.
Is your damper too close to the stem centerline to work properly?

Jason do you know what the stock oil weight is??

Scott

[V8Pinto]

It's gotta be 10wt or similar and there's only about a spoonful in it - if that.  I swapped my oil out to 90wt hypoid before the last meet.  I was kinda shocked to see how little stock oil came out.  Filling it was a PAIN but well worth the effort.  It's a subtle difference, but one that is everpresent.  The white Busa is my daily driver/racer and on the street the 90wt oil made a huge difference.  From an LSR perspective, there isn't really anything to improve handling wise on the Busa but it did!

To fill, I used one of those plastic cones from a master cylinder bench bleed kit and some clear plastic tubing that I matched to the 90wt oil bottle.  I squeezed the bottle while moving the plunger back and forth and did that until the plunger felt smoooooth all the way through.  I takes three hands but I did it with two.  Quite a feat when you figure in simultaneously drinking coffee and changing the tv from speed to history channels.  (I sure miss beer).