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    GPR Damper R6 07

    My new Bike has a GPR Damper on it.
    The Guy didnt explain much about it. Is it worth having?
    Would i be able to sell it? Cause any money i can get to help pay this thing off would be great haha

    Cheers Reido
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reido View Post
    My new Bike has a GPR Damper on it.
    The Guy didnt explain much about it. Is it worth having?
    Would i be able to sell it? Cause any money i can get to help pay this thing off would be great haha

    Cheers Reido
    yes be able to sell it, but r6 do not come with dampers standard, you might be able to get 300-400 for it maybe.

    Your better keeping it on for bling factor, and stop those headshakes

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    Dampers are for sissies. Get rid of it ASAP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reido View Post
    My new Bike has a GPR Damper on it.
    The Guy didnt explain much about it. Is it worth having?
    Would i be able to sell it? Cause any money i can get to help pay this thing off would be great haha

    Cheers Reido
    Do you have a blue and black r6 which Im assuming you bought for a very good price?

    Keep the GPR, they go for a hell of a lot more and need to be imported. Dampers are good and you have a freaking good one one.Plus it looks great.

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    They are nearly $1000NZD brand new, worth having if you intend to ride the bike hard. Set it on to a 'low' setting and then work your way up as you ride to see what feels best. Generally harder settings are good for high speed but make it a real bitch to maneuver once you've slowed down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    They are nearly $1000NZD brand new, worth having if you intend to ride the bike hard. Set it on to a 'low' setting and then work your way up as you ride to see what feels best. Generally harder settings are good for high speed but make it a real bitch to maneuver once you've slowed down.
    LoL... Mine doesn't have one and it's still a real bitch to manouver once I've slowed down, at least compared to some other bikes... I can think of better things to spend a grand on...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maki View Post
    ... I can think of better things to spend a grand on...
    When the bikes having a full headshake, in the incoming lane, and you need to finish up the overtake because of the oncoming cars... you may want to re-assess priorities

    Mind you, that particular scenario was on a sadistic thou
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    It's barking mad and if it doesn't turn you into a complete loon within half an hour of cocking a leg over the lofty 875mm seat height, I'll eat my Arai.

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    so i should look up a manual for it then, what exactly does it do?

    *starts google-ing *
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    You mean you owe money on the bike

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    Quote Originally Posted by mynameis View Post
    You mean you owe money on the bike
    well not technically. I owe my Dad. I pay him back over how ever long i want at 5% interest.



    soo all good
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    If you're googling... google tank slapper and headshake...

    The steering damper is what keeps it under control (subject to settings, etc)
    Quote Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
    It's barking mad and if it doesn't turn you into a complete loon within half an hour of cocking a leg over the lofty 875mm seat height, I'll eat my Arai.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ital916 View Post
    Do you have a blue and black r6 which Im assuming you bought for a very good price?
    The one at uni? Hope he's got a chain and insurance!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    When the bikes having a full headshake, in the incoming lane, and you need to finish up the overtake because of the oncoming cars... you may want to re-assess priorities

    Mind you, that particular scenario was on a sadistic thou
    You're the only person I know that rides like that. You're not referring to the time that the ute 'hit you'... and yet you got the DD charge?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    If you're googling... google tank slapper and headshake...

    The steering damper is what keeps it under control (subject to settings, etc)
    What he said above as well. Keep the damper on. It wouldn't be there unless it was needed, if you're going to sell something, cut out a body organ instead.

    Gremlin - what do you need a damper for when the front's 3 feet in the air anyhow? The only time Scoot gives a wiggle of annoyance is landing with the front slightly out of line, or when her tires are on the way out and there is a little squirming going on. But that's always done on a private road or racetrack.
    It’s diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; it’s life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.

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    Quote Originally Posted by madbikeboy View Post
    Gremlin - what do you need a damper for when the front's 3 feet in the air anyhow? The only time Scoot gives a wiggle of annoyance is landing with the front slightly out of line, or when her tires are on the way out and there is a little squirming going on. But that's always done on a private road or racetrack.
    Haha. It's more to do with front/rear weight balance, and generally only becomes a problem when the front wheel is a few cm off the ground, or comes down crossed up. My old 99 R6 needed it because I'd lowered the clamps on the forks by about 10mm to get better tip in, which then meant it was a bit nasty without the steering damper. But you already knew all that.
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    It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.

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