'everything louder than everything else'
today my fooking steering damper came loose and i discovered that securing bolts had been welded to the tank lip edge rather than threaded in.
i do like the lighter more responsive feel of the steering but am worried that i'll encounter alot of 'head shaking' now.
any of you guys ride powerful bikes without one? and do you reckon its really necessary on a 929rr?
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I never rode without one. My GSXR 1k had had one, I was always afraid of the head shaking.
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depends how hard ya ride her lol ya will know urself if you feel confident at higher speeds without it, its fine on a cbr6 without one but i know they 2 totally different beasts i think personal preference is big factor just be careful on her for couple weeks and see how it goes
'everything louder than everything else'
oh i ride it like i stole it lolOriginally Posted by DanB
mainly just worried about it whilst gunning her in 1st and 2nd. i guess i'll re-feel my way in on her again.
its amazing how much a damper takes away from the front wheel to steering feeling, the thing felt so agile in and out through the fvckin endless taxis up through Terenure this a'noon!!
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get an adjustable dampner. I wouldnt ride with out one
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'everything louder than everything else'
yeah it is adjustable mate, its the two long securing bolts that snapped at the weld. i'll have to see if i can get someone to tack nuts to the tank lip for them to screw into, it would be a stronger bond i reckon
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sure its same as new front wheel, forks even tyre she feels different, takes a while to get used her and confidence back again, only thing is id be careful if you feel like doing a ghostrider impression on m50 until you get used it. . . . .
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Let me know what colour the bike is and I'll pull out in front of you
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Dec11 take some pics if you can
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I have a 98 cbr900rr that doesn't have one, but with that said I havent ever rode anything with one. I hear it's hard to go back to not having one after you have had one.
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'everything louder than everything else'
wouldnt really tell much tbh. its a Sprint damper for a 929rr and im guessing that the bolts shouldnt have been weld fitted, there must be a proper way of doing this and i can find fvck all in the way of a guide on the net
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Man I dont see why they would weld that in and not thread it in. God that guy must of not had his lunch break and MCD's that day! Can't you just yell at it and get it to work?
'everything louder than everything else'
ah fvck it, i'll take it out tomorrow and wring its neck, i'll soon find out lol
'everything louder than everything else'
might aswell, everyone else does lolLet me know what colour the bike is and I'll pull out in front of you
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lol I would pay to see that!!
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On a 929? If you altered your riding geometry you might get some big shakes if not, you might get some but nothing you can't ride out as long as you dont chop the throttle or fight the head shake. I say ride the fvck outta her and don't fear the wobbles. But that's just me.
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i meant get an adjustable. you said it felt so different with out it. So with an adjustable you can play the tension ti fund a setting you like
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'everything louder than everything else'
dont follow you mate, it is a Sprint adjustable with i think 12 settings, or am i not following something?
it must have been set pretty rigid by previous owner, in comparison with today it previously felt like it was on a rail, i could def fire it into corners alot faster but that prob isnt a good idea on the now very cold tarmac lol
Last edited by dec11; 12-07-2011 at 08:44 PM.
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i want a bike so fvcking bad
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ok mine i can adjust on the fly. I didnt realize yours was adj.
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'everything louder than everything else'
this is same as mine here mate, you can just about see the two bolts im on about, they are below the barrel of the damper (black bolts)
im wondering how the fvck they're supposed to be threaded in, only thing i can come up with is drilling holes through the tank lip edge and that just seems messy to me
Last edited by dec11; 12-07-2011 at 09:01 PM.
'everything louder than everything else'
go for it, and straddle death, good times lol
what you interested in?
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i really like gixxers
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gixxer's girl ? dont we all...
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Unless you're racing Dec, on a 929 I wouldn't worry about it too much.
'everything louder than everything else'
thats what i was thinking, they're not as vicious as say an R1 or a ZX10R
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If I had the money to fix it I would but it's deffently not something that would park it till it was fixed. My 900 hardly ever gets head shakes. You gotta give it up to the japs for their engineering.
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gixxer's are brutal with out one even a 600
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'everything louder than everything else'
must be more to it then rather than just power. ive rode many 600's and they def didnt need dampers.
honda are renowned for being more user friendly/forgiving so i'll give it a blast without for a bit, if it ever stops raining and blowing fvckin gales!
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I know it's a diaster in dubbers dump hole.
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It's your riding geometry and suspension set up that matter. A steering damper is just a band aid for an improper set up. I've done trackdays on an 04 ZX10 with and without one with no problems.
'everything louder than everything else'
its not that, its the bother of getting left in somewhere, i work nights. it just needs correctly bolted down
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Did you wring its neck yet, lol
'everything louder than everything else'
yeah i had that feeling alright. im not Barry Sheen but i can ride a bike and dont piss myself if it twitched outa shape, so prob would get off without one
'everything louder than everything else'
nope, shit weather today. i'll book the hearse for tomorrow eveningDid you wring its neck yet, lol
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I told you, that you were gravedigger round here
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I'm sooooo not a fan of you right now. It was 24 degrees out this morning on my drive in. I haven't been out on the bike in a while.
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zx-10 have a factory dampener. Alot of bikes do.
when the srad gixxers came out they didnt and they were scary. I think in 99 they started to put them on factory
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'everything louder than everything else'
you've lost me?
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