steering damper help

[Billhockey1993]

I bought a universal steering damper from ebay it came in today and im suprised it actually seems to be made fairly well. The only issur is I dont have thr slightest clue of where to mount it.

 

[Billhockey1993]

heres a picture if that helps at all.

 

[FinalImpact]

You might head to the dealer and see some SS's and how those are mounted. From that, see how you can fab something up. What prompted this purchase? It could be you need to refine your suspension setup as this could be hiding the real problem. Well if there is a problem that is.

 

[Billhockey1993]

The reqson for it is there is a lot of roads near me that are full of pot holes and if im taking a turn fast through them the front end gets twitchy.

 

[Billhockey1993]

The reqson for it is there is a lot of roads near me that are full of pot holes and if im taking a turn fast through them the front end gets twitchy.

 

[outasight20]

The damper isn't gonna fix the squirliness. The stock suspension on the FZ6 just isn't that good and it will get twitchy over bumpy turns no matter what. As long as your fork oil is relatively fresh and filled to the right level the only thing you can do to improve handling is change the springs or install cartridge emulators, or upgrade to R6 forks. The only thing the damper will do is help prevent tank slappers. If you don't know what a tank slapper is, you don't need the damper.

 

[FinalImpact]

It could be you need to refine your suspension setup as this could be hiding the real problem. Well if there is a problem that is.

The damper isn't gonna fix the squirliness. The stock suspension on the FZ6 just isn't that good and it will get twitchy over bumpy turns no matter what. As long as your fork oil is relatively fresh and filled to the right level the only thing you can do to improve handling is change the springs or install cartridge emulators, or upgrade to R6 forks. The only thing the damper will do is help prevent tank slappers. If you don't know what a tank slapper is, you don't need the damper.

I think that sums it up. The first time I rode mine I knew the front damping was not meeting my needs. Took a while but its dialed in now. I would avoid masking the issue and go after the root cause. Damping control. It needs it!

 

[Billhockey1993]

I already bought it plus I'd rsther have the steering a little more stiff so I should just install it since I already have it but I cant seem to find a good place to mount it

 

[DavesFZ]

This looks like a decent setup. Mounted to clamp bolts.

 

[red_rock_beetle]

how is that left bar clamp bolted?????? there are no heads on those bolts!

 

[Motogiro]

This looks like a decent setup. Mounted to clamp bolts.

That's the Matris.
The center is mounted to the two front tank bolt and the rod is maunted to the bracket attached to the steering. I had one and it was great!

 

[Motogiro]

how is that left bar clamp bolted?????? there are no heads on those bolts!

Those are plastic inserts that cover the hex head socket bolts.