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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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scott_nz 11/4/2018 9:18am
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Xr75 wrote:
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...
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.
I have for a long time, and have just brought an ohlins for my KTM125,
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de883zx 11/4/2018 9:46am
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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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Tonynz 11/4/2018 10:01am
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Xr75 wrote:
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...
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.
scott_nz wrote:
I have for a long time, and have just brought an ohlins for my KTM125,
I use to, just sold it.?
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Rider 5280 11/4/2018 10:20am
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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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Zacka 161 11/4/2018 9:36pm
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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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Joko 11/4/2018 9:40pm
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I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100
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Joko wrote:
I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/11/04/300120/s1200_CE4888FD_0795_4E77_B63F_F0C118013CD8.jpg[/img]
I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100
Has it been revalved?
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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...
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 ...
This...
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slipdog 11/5/2018 4:52pm
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Joko wrote:
I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/11/04/300120/s1200_CE4888FD_0795_4E77_B63F_F0C118013CD8.jpg[/img]
I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100
526 wrote:
Has it been revalved?
That's a good price for a damper and mounts even if not.
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Joko 11/5/2018 5:44pm
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Joko wrote:
I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/11/04/300120/s1200_CE4888FD_0795_4E77_B63F_F0C118013CD8.jpg[/img]
I have a HPSD with brackets to fit a YZ250 or YZ125, will sell for $100
526 wrote:
Has it been revalved?
No, I believe it’s stock. Got it from Derek Harris.
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jeffro503 11/5/2018 6:09pm
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CarlinoJoeVideo wrote:
I use the Ride Eng headtube mount and Honda Stabilizer on my KTM. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/11/04/300106/s1200_277BBA10_D028_41B6_899B_2CCD1999215A.jpg[/img]
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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CSAR FE 11/5/2018 6:18pm
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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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FWYT 11/5/2018 6:49pm
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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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Harv379 11/5/2018 7:25pm
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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 11/6/2018 7:09am
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CarlinoJoeVideo wrote:
I use the Ride Eng headtube mount and Honda Stabilizer on my KTM. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/11/04/300106/s1200_277BBA10_D028_41B6_899B_2CCD1999215A.jpg[/img]
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...
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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jeffro503 11/6/2018 7:48am
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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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MotoCoUSA 11/6/2018 9:32am
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smv ryder wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/11/06/300491/s1200_26841557_10102336526070242_1563295050858243131_o.jpg[/img] 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...


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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AJ565 11/6/2018 9:48am
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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...
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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smv ryder 11/6/2018 10:20am
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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...
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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jeffro503 wrote:
Thanks Joe ! And the bolt mount connected to the upper part , did you have that welded on?
On my 250 I had MotoWhips weld a bung. On my 350 I just painted the Ride Eng mount, wasn't worth the hassle to get it welded. Does look factory though!
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Luxon MX 11/6/2018 11:15am
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AJ565 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...
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.
https://thumpertalk.com/forums/topic/541149-how-to-service-2008-steering-damper-lots-of-pics/?page=3
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MotoCoUSA 11/6/2018 1:11pm
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AJ565 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...
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.
Luxon MX wrote:
https://thumpertalk.com/forums/topic/541149-how-to-service-2008-steering-damper-lots-of-pics/?page=3
Thanks

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