Who uses a steering stabilizer/damper for motocross? I tried a Scott’s steering stabilizer on my ktm with great results made the bike feel really planted and stable especially on a sand track.
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I have the ohlins and for my set up (Suzuki with 20mm offset it tends to get nervous at higher speeds especially when going down hill and rear brake applied). I used to reef the stem nut down and always run my tubes flush in the clamps. 
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I've been running steering dampers on every bike I've owned since 1998 and I am now afraid to ride without. Everything from 100 MPH+ desert to MX to tight singletrack, every ride situation was improved. In fact, the FasstCo Flexxbar combined with a damper is my go-to setup now. I use Scotts triples and towers (great quality) and have my top barclamps drilled to accept either a Scotts or GPR V1.0 (plus get tower pins from GPR to swap out), as I've found I like the GPR's consistent damping force better on 2-strokes and a Scotts better on 4-strokes. Call me weird ...
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I rode with one once and tried to do a little scrub and found on correcting in the air really strange. Turning the bars affected the movement of the rest of the bike in the air. It was really uncomfortable
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wadiyatalkinabeet wrote:
Do those Honda one’s even count?
Never have heard a good comparison with full steering dampeners
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Rider 5280 wrote:
I've been running steering dampers on every bike I've owned since 1998 and I am now afraid to ride without. Everything from 100 MPH+ desert to MX to tight singletrack, every ride situation was improved. In fact, the FasstCo Flexxbar combined with a damper is my go-to setup now. I use Scotts triples and towers (great quality) and have my top barclamps drilled to accept either a Scotts or GPR V1.0 (plus get tower pins from GPR to swap out), as I've found I like the GPR's consistent damping force better on 2-strokes and a Scotts better on 4-strokes. Call me weird ...
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CarlinoJoeVideo wrote:
I use the Ride Eng headtube mount and Honda Stabilizer on my KTM.
Joe , do you have some pics with that thing all mounted up? It's something I'll end up wanting to do on my 250 when I can.
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Another big fan of Scott's here. You can soften up the low speed damping all the way on the track, and you'd never even know it was there. I run them on all my bikes. They have kept me out of the hospital more times than I can count.
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I use those Showa dampers on my bikes and love them. Change them to a thicker oil
and works great to get rid of subtle headshake.
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I've been running a GPR v1 under bar mounted one for over a decade and never even had to service it. I don't like to ride bikes with out them. I grew up racing desert, switched to worcs, than MX, and now mostly ride single track mountain trails and race mx occasionally.
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CarlinoJoeVideo wrote:
I use the Ride Eng headtube mount and Honda Stabilizer on my KTM.
jeffro503 wrote:
Joe , do you have some pics with that thing all mounted up? It's something I'll end up wanting to do on my 250 when I can.
My Honda damper is revalved by Factory connection. If you actually want some stiffness you need to tell them. Maybe it’s called stage 2 or stage 3. Mine still feels loose compared to off-road guys.
Here are some photos from old bikes.
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Thanks Joe ! And the bolt mount connected to the upper part , did you have that welded on?
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Mine is re-valved for offroad and racetech gold valve installed. I love it, like Joe I took mine off my old bike and installed it on my new one. I had to weld a bung on because of the Neken triple clamps but when I get my new bike I will install it that way again.
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smv ryder wrote:
Mine is re-valved for offroad and racetech gold valve installed. I love it, like Joe I took mine off my old bike and installed it on my new one. I had to weld a bung on because of the Neken triple clamps but when I get my new bike I will install it that way again.
Did you revalve yourself? I just got one and I cant find any manual or any videos out there that show how to do it correctly. Sure I could guess but Id rather not.
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MotoCoUSA wrote:
Did you revalve yourself? I just got one and I cant find any manual or any videos out there that show how to do it correctly. Sure I could guess but Id rather not.
I revalved mine myself. There is a thread on Thumper Talk that goes over it and shows what way to move the shims. You should be able to google it.
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jeffro503 wrote:
Thanks Joe ! And the bolt mount connected to the upper part , did you have that welded on?
Ride Engineering has a bolt on deal. You only need to weld the bung to the frame is you have Neken clamps as the tanks hit the bracket. It is a very noticeable upgrade to the handling of the KTM having it on there.
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MotoCoUSA wrote:
Did you revalve yourself? I just got one and I cant find any manual or any videos out there that show how to do it correctly. Sure I could guess but Id rather not.
Motovate racing in Rifle did my re-valve. Let me know if you want his contact information since you are Colorado.
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https://thumpertalk.com/forums/topic/541149-how-to-service-2008-steering-damper-lots-of-pics/?page=3AJ565 wrote:
I revalved mine myself. There is a thread on Thumper Talk that goes over it and shows what way to move the shims. You should be able to google it.
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