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General Category => Modifications => Topic started by: Dom66 on March 28, 2020, 02:07:21 PM

Title: Steering damper
Post by: Dom66 on March 28, 2020, 02:07:21 PM
Has anyone ever mounted this on the FJ ??
If yes, where is it better to do it ?? I have not found any arguments about it but I need it to not lick the asphalt ... :Facepalm:

Thank you! :bye:
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 28, 2020, 02:21:38 PM
No one has ever needed one on the FJ**. It is a supremely stable motorcycle

If you need a steering damper on your FJ, something is wrong.

*** except (IIRC) Doc Hacker's race bike. He cut the neck off of his FJ and welded on a steeper angle neck for track racing.
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: Dom66 on March 28, 2020, 02:47:47 PM
I rarely squeeze my FJ but from 190 upwards, at times, it seems to me that the steering is a little too light and worrying ...
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 28, 2020, 03:54:26 PM
190kph =118mph it becomes all about airflow. FJ's are just getting their second wind at 120mph.
My 1984 FJ1100 squats down lower as speeds get higher.
I have never had a problem with air getting under my front end at high speed (160mph)
I can run wfo with a 180/55 rear tire and 18/40 gearing @ 9500rpm (my speedo is useless)

Rock stable.
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: Dom66 on March 28, 2020, 05:59:30 PM
Ok, grazie per la risposta.

Domenico
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: PaulG on March 28, 2020, 06:37:09 PM
Time to inspect/re tighten/replace steering head bearings?

Also worn rear suspension linkage bearings can make the FJ wander.
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: fj1289 on March 28, 2020, 11:35:48 PM
I've fitted a steering damper to the FJ1100 race bike - but only because it was required to pass tech.  Never needed it, and keep it at the loosest setting to prevent any unwanted weave. 
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: Dom66 on March 29, 2020, 03:52:08 AM
Okay, I'm going to try everything. Thanks.
Title: Re: Steering damper
Post by: rlucas on March 29, 2020, 06:58:50 AM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on March 28, 2020, 03:54:26 PM

Rock stable.


I've been called a lot of things, but stable's not one of them...

rossi (Rock)