GPR Damper R6 07

[Gremlin]

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?

That was a CD charge thank you very much! And no, this was a different time... on Old North Rd I think... got a dose of headshake going over a small crest on the power

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.

Katie doesn't have a problem at all actually. Despite having great handling, I don't think I have had any proper headshake ever.

This was back on a 04 ZX10R... a twitchy hell-bent-on-death machine

As the kid says... its more when the front is skimming on the ground, landing slightly leant over or crossed up etc The damper stops headshake from going into a full blown tank slap, provided you set it up right.

[madbikeboy]

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.

Increasing the steering head angle doesn't necessarily equate to quicker turning, but boy does it add to the slappers and twitchiness... I haven't owned a bike in many, many years without a damper (excluding the CBX from this, it has the geometry of a cruiser and doesn't need one).

[madbikeboy]

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This was back on a 04 ZX10R... a twitchy hell-bent-on-death machine

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The 08 ZX is shite as well. If I want to show you my big balls, I'll drop my trou. There's no need to buy a $20k bike to show it...

[Maki]

Dampers are for sissies. Get rid of it ASAP.

I take it back. I had a scary tank slapper today. Keep yer damper.

[Hiflyer]

I take it back. I had a scary tank slapper today. Keep yer damper.

Gawd what happened? Did you come off? Nothing like realising you need one when you dont have it?

[Morcs]

Mate those dampers are gold. I wouldnt ride my RR without it (I like my suspension hard) and I couldnt come out of corners hard on bumpy roads without head shakes...

I had mine set of 3 all the time. but bike still rides fine on 1 or 8 (only really notice at very low speed)

Is it like the one you can just see in my profile pic?

[Maki]

Gawd what happened? Did you come off? Nothing like realising you need one when you dont have it?

Nah, I his some bumps and it it just slapped around for a bit. The rider behind me said that the bike whipped from side to side and smoke came out of the front tyre.
Felt scary...