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Scotts
http://www.scottsperformance.com
Manufacturers Specifications
- Three fully adjustable circuits.
- Adjustable damping control that allows you to adjust it while riding.
- Allows you to adjust the amount of degrees of damping you want from centerline.
- "High Speed Circuit" designed to absorb those sharp edged jolts.
- Successfully works for every type of motorcycle application!
- Easily moves from motorcycle to motorcycle in literally seconds.
- Can be used for your casual bike and your race bike without any internal changes.
- Mounts out of harms way and is not easily damaged from crashes.
- Mounts in literally minutes in most cases.
MSRP: $449.00
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Brief
After experiencing a tank slapper on my old TL1000R that resulted in a broken elbow and a total loss of the motorcycle, additional stability in the front end has become very important to me. With today's bikes pushing the performance envelope, many manufacturers are walking the line between steering response and stability. A quality steering damper can help to stabilize the front of the bike and potentially save your life.
Overview
The Scotts Rotary Damper is a compact unit that sits in an out of the way location atop the steering head. It is completely adjustable to the riders' preference. Despite the numerous adjustments, once it is dialed in, one needs not worry about it again. It's pretty much set it and forget it. Further, it's out of the way location makes it a very crashworthy piece.
Details
I was fortunate in that the gentleman who sold me my RC51 was kind enough to throw in a mounting kit for a Scotts damper, which made the choice of which damper to buy a pretty easy one. Before mounting the damper I was understandably a bit nervous when the roads started to get a bit rough. The addition of the Scotts damper is probably (for me) the single greatest modification I've done to my bike. I put it on, set the basic settings according to the manual, then proceeded to a rough bit of road. While driving that road, I simply turned up the damper until the bars stabilized. I haven't touched it since, and I've not had a single worry since then, either. Roads that used to make me uncomfortable no longer cause me a second thought. This unit works extremely well and really is confidence inspiring.
Another thing I like about the Scotts damper is that is very easily removed from the mounting collar by way of two allen bolts. This makes it easily interchangeable with multiple bikes, so long as they are equipped with a mounting kit. That means that if you have several bikes, you can buy several mounting kits, but just one damper.
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