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Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:15 pm
by superlite
Can't find any pics of mine fitted. I've since removed it as I found it to be of no advantage on the track - it was a little bit cumbersome. I tried mine both ways (normal and reverse, if you get what I mean), not much difference, but you get better knee clearance backwards. Although I'm not sure if it would fit that way on a road bike with lights.

I actually quite like muscling with a bike rather than have a damper do it for me! Depends on your suspension set-up though I guess.

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:48 am
by Cammo
I don't use one anymore on the track either, but I imagine on bumpy roads/circuits you might want one.

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:51 pm
by RickOliver
craignc wrote:sorry to be abit of a noob an all but whats a wp damper i wanna get a steering damper for my nc but getting abit confused and dont realy wanna spend more than like 150 - 200 pound.
Drop me a mail - I can sort you out with a new Sprint damper within your budget...

r.oliver(at)mtxnet.co.uk

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:02 am
by RVFHooligan
superlite wrote:I tried mine both ways (normal and reverse, if you get what I mean), not much difference, but you get better knee clearance backwards. Although I'm not sure if it would fit that way on a road bike with lights.

I tried it both ways also but ended up mounting it as below because it wouldn't clear the guages the other way around. With the modified steering stops it now works within the correct range.

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Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:18 am
by spooky
matty_boy wrote:Jesus Spooky my 1 years old son has bigger guns than yours. :D
Aye, built for speed, small,streamlined and lightweight, :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:43 am
by hannakournikova
then again spooky you dont need any bigger, its ONLY a nc24 you have :lol: <snigger> OJ :D

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:41 pm
by Spike16
ok have I been a numpty and mouted my damper on incorectly, looking at rvf hooligans mine looks completely wrong, mine is mounted the same way as mruehl34 (only time i will ever be able to compair my bike to his ;) )

here's a pic (think its a wp damper but someone put a ohlins sticker on and i wont remove it :D )

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Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:47 pm
by RVFHooligan
I think you can mount it either way. I have seen dampers mounted both ways on different kinds of bikes. If I mounted mine the other way the damper rod hits the guages. On a race bike with no guages or headlights it would work the other way around. Mine works fine this way but with full left hand lock the end of it pokes out. Not a problem, just more of a cosmetic issue.

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:59 pm
by Spike16
mine did hit the guages but i just lowered the clamp on the forks so it cleared them, thinking outside the box ;)

Re: Show me your dampers?

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:23 pm
by RVFHooligan
Hey! I just happen to live in that box! :lol: I thought about lowering it also but then it would not be perpendicular to the frame and might bind up on the Helm joint on the ends. Either way is fine, as long as it works. Cheers.