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Offline isiahstites

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Steering Dampeners???
« on: June 05, 2008, 10:32:26 AM »
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.

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Scott

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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 11:51:11 AM »
stock damper filled with 80/90 gear oil works well.
Is your damper too close to the stem centerline to work properly?

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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 12:15:56 PM »
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...

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Offline isiahstites

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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 07:40:19 PM »
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

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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 09:07:01 PM »
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
« Last Edit: June 05, 2008, 09:13:51 PM by willieworld »
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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 09:13:04 AM »
Scott,
CYCLE GEAR USA sells a bunch of different Fork Tube Diameter & Rod Lengths dampener's to fit anything 8 :-o!
I Have had pretty good Luck with them,and they won't Break$$$Your Bank  :wink:!
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 :-D!
Tell'm I referred ya 8-)
Kaz..............
« Last Edit: June 06, 2008, 09:22:13 AM by Super Kaz »

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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2008, 02:41:33 AM »
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

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Re: Steering Dampeners???
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2008, 12:05:21 PM »
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). 
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