February 6th, 2010, 05:01 PM | #1 |
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gsxr damper easy mod
Well I wanted a damper but I really did not want to spend 300-400$$$$ on one, so I order a damper off of an gsxr off eBay for 25Bucks and a protek fork clamp $41 shipped.
As you can see in the pics you will lose a little at full lock left to right I just glued a nut on each side so I wouldn't bend or bottomed out the damper. I also did not want to drill holes in the stay so I ran a bolt with a bracket down to the damper, the only mod that needs to be done is to remove the speedo cable loop,I am making a bracket that will hold up to the stress the one in the pic is something I came up with just to see if this will work
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February 6th, 2010, 05:07 PM | #2 |
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Thinking outside the box!
Looks like you could use a "standoff" type of piece maybe to support the strut housing against the frame a bit?
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February 6th, 2010, 05:10 PM | #3 |
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ya I had thought about that this is really just to se if it could be done fairly easy with little to no mods done to the bike
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February 10th, 2010, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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Looks good. I like the fact that it is installed at the bottom which is somewhat hidden and does not "clutter" the top of the steering.
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February 18th, 2010, 04:39 PM | #5 |
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Any performance increase?
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February 18th, 2010, 04:49 PM | #6 |
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Well so far no and yes. no B/C this bike just dose not need it I have been riding with it for about 200 miles and it makes the steering feel sluggish, so I went to 5 weight oil and it really did not help, and yes it’s a steering damper so it will help if you get any head shake or hit a nasty pot hole. this was just something that I wanted to try and see if I could pull it off with little to no money out of pocket and I was thinking of making an adapter so anyone could buy the gsxr damper and put it on are bikes easily with out having o spend way to much on like a hyper pro or gpr
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January 21st, 2011, 11:01 AM | #7 | |
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January 21st, 2011, 11:16 AM | #8 |
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January 21st, 2011, 12:19 PM | #9 |
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Very nicely done.
Tip: Put your camera on macro mode if you want to take picture up close (prevent back focused like some of your pics) lol... |
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January 21st, 2011, 08:18 PM | #10 |
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March 18th, 2020, 04:50 PM | #11 |
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First of All, thanks for the thread. I did the same to mine. the difference is that I drilled and tapped a m6 x 1.0 hole and used a socket instead of a glued nut.
I also changed the oil for some 20w and it's perfect for me. I used an M8x1.25 bolt, m10 nut as a spacer ans 2 M8 nuts to sandwitch the damper. The bracket is sloted to engage in the sheet metal and be secure. Thanks again. DSC_3001.jpg DSC_3000.jpg |
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March 18th, 2020, 05:33 PM | #12 |
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Awesome mod, thanks! I was looking for some sort of steering-damper and ones for 250 were quite pricey with questionable mounting. This takes care of it me!
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