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fee
Hawk
Joined: Jan 03, 2005
Posts: 417
Location: thunder bay, ontario. canada
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Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:09 pm |
 
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i know i am asking for trouble here but i have to ask. i have seen lot's of your bikes with the steering dampner ( which looks fantastic) but you all have it mounted on the right hand is that not wrong? how do you adjust it while riding? i have one on my kz900 cafe racer and it is mounted on the left this way i can mke adjustments while riding . unless you have a trottle lock having it on the right makes no sense to me.
o.k let me have it
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fasterspider
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jan 24, 2004
Posts: 15809
Location: Studio City, Los Angeles, Ca. 91604
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Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:18 pm |
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I have two dampers on the right and one on the left and I never adjust them. They are set to where I feel comfortable and I forget about them.
Doing anything while riding the bike other than concentrating on the road is foolish and why that damper adjustment should be done while standing still.
I have tried to do adjustments while riding and do not like moving my weight into that position to adjust while moving, it is very uncomfortable and un-nerving. |
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bulldauq
Hawk
Joined: Sep 16, 2005
Posts: 410
Location: Sikeston,Mo
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Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:11 pm |
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| fee wrote: |
i know i am asking for trouble here but i have to ask. i have seen lot's of your bikes with the steering dampner ( which looks fantastic) but you all have it mounted on the right hand is that not wrong? how do you adjust it while riding? i have one on my kz900 cafe racer and it is mounted on the left this way i can mke adjustments while riding . unless you have a trottle lock having it on the right makes no sense to me.
o.k let me have it
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A very good point. Some are on the left and that would be a lot smarter so you could adjust it on the go safer. |
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razor02097
CB1100F
Joined: May 09, 2004
Posts: 3135
Location: United States
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:11 pm |
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Im with Ray... adjusting anything while riding is asking for trouble. It could be people put it on the right so they arn't tempted to adjust it. More then likely it is probably a clearance or mounting issue putting it on the left. |
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boldorboy
Hawk
Joined: Aug 12, 2004
Posts: 400
Location: grand junction, colorado
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:15 pm |
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If you're at a point where you have to "fine tune" your steering dampner while riding, you're either a pro racer or you read way too many motorcycle magazines.
Keep your hands on the controls... |
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valveshim
Silver CB750F
Joined: Nov 21, 2005
Posts: 521
Location: Lake Erie Shores
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:53 pm |
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| I have two dampers on the right and one on the left .... |
I hope these are on three different bikes  |
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fasterspider
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jan 24, 2004
Posts: 15809
Location: Studio City, Los Angeles, Ca. 91604
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:05 pm |
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| fasterspider wrote: |
| I have two dampers on the right and one on the left .... |
I hope these are on three different bikes |
Dee dee dee
No Frank, they are all on a 150cc Honda Elite 
Hey Frank, where have you been man? |
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fee
Hawk
Joined: Jan 03, 2005
Posts: 417
Location: thunder bay, ontario. canada
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:34 pm |
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well ,when i do ride my KZ900 i do adjust the dampner while riding . you have to remember that not all roads are paved equal. on the way from my house to camp you get a nice strech of newly paved road but after about 20 klms i have to turn into "a country road" not exactly paved we call it sealed and the winter is not kind to it. the road is very very rough but a nice twisty road so i always stiffen up the dampner for that section.
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maru
Silver CB750F
Joined: Dec 14, 2004
Posts: 758
Location: central Massachusetts
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Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:12 am |
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Mine are all on the left and can be adjusted on the fly. |
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