Anyone fitted a steering damper to a kxf250?

[Crabby]

Not really wanting to go as extreme as a Ohlins 2.1 (because she who must be obeyed may shoot me if i spend that much), but wouldn't mind addding one to reduce the feedback in the slow stuff

[rickstv]

WHY!!!!!!!! on so many levels. Are you expecting a tank slapper?:shit:

[Crabby]

Na, but I rode a mates 09 CRF250 with the factory damper in the loose sand the other week and theres a noticible difference on my kxf at low speeds, high speed is ok, but for tight slower speed stuff the damper makes a bit of difference.

[scott411]

have fitted ohlins, gpr and wer dampers, you get what you pay for, but wer's still work, just not as good as the rest,

[DMNTD]

Not really wanting to go as extreme as a Ohlins 2.1 (because she who must be obeyed may shoot me if i spend that much), but wouldn't mind adding one to reduce the feedback in the slow stuff

Yep we've got one in at work. What did you want to know?

[Crabby]

Thanks Scott, yeah even the factory Honda damper will do what I want, so will have a look at these ones, cheers

[FlangMasterJ]

Hit the gym homey. Build those two steering dampers up hanging from your shoulders.

[Crabby]

Yep we've got one in at work. What did you want to know?

Mainly looking for experiences with dampers other than the real spendy ones.

Seems to make a big difference in the tight low speed sandy bits

[pete-blen]

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[scott411]

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would really like to see how you fit that to a MX bike,

I am a little bit suprised no one has come up with a mounting kit to fit the honda type damper to other bikes, but you would prob need a whole lower triple clamp and maybe frame mods to make it work so it may not be able to be done at a reasonable cost

[pete-blen]

would really like to see how you fit that to a MX bike,

I am a little bit suprised no one has come up with a mounting kit to fit the honda type damper to other bikes, but you would prob need a whole lower triple clamp and maybe frame mods to make it work so it may not be able to be done at a reasonable cost

What...
How hard is it to fabicate mounts for a steering damper..
Anyways I let yer know... I intend to put one on my XR.

pete

[scott411]

its more the fact that you move around a lot more on a dirtbike than on a road bike, so you need to have it tucked out of the way, and since dirtbikes are very sparse anyway it creates a problems,

[Crabby]

yeah I was sort of wondering how id fit one of those on my kxf... don't really want bits poking out, really want one that mounts on the steering head.

[green machine]

This guy fitted a factory Honda one to his YZ
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=579332

[Crabby]

This guy fitted a factory Honda one to his YZ
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=579332


Very cool, Not sure if Id want to be drilling the head tube or the clamps though... very cool none the less, might have a look and see if there is away I could make a bracket to mount it on without the drilling... Cheers for that!