Steering Damper
 

I`ve heard u can get a steering damper to stabilize your bike at 160 km/hr.Feels like your back tyre is going down.
Andy one got pics of where from and how ?

for an XT? :sign10:

never heard myself :shave[1]:

You don't really need a steering damper. All I do is move a bit back on the seat at high speeds, and don't grip the handlebars too tight.

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I've done 20k km with XTR . At any speed I haved never observe a wobble tendency. According to me xt is a very stable bike.

Steering Damper
 

You have obviously not driven in the south easter in cape Town South Africa !

Hunday the tip to sit further back on the bike when at high speed really does help, as well as the tip to not hold onto the handle bars too hard when at speed. Try it and you will see the difference.
As far as the Southeaster, can be pretty strong and not too sure how much a damper would help with that?
I must admit that my bike never used to have any high speed problems even over 100mph but since changing my tyres I have a wobbly front end and I have to sit further back when going anything more than about 85mph.
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I also found that after doing Kev's suspension mod, where you install little spacers to harden up the suspension, helped a lot with the stability.

Talking about handling,I was surprised to see how well our bikes handle with a passenger on board.(Compared to lifting with a Quad)

I was doing 170km yesterday on a track with a strong side wind and didn't even notice it, i was sitting back on the seat with my head right down and a relaxed grip on the bars :-)

Freez I know you were undecided on the fork spacer mod, how do you feel now after running them for the last few months?

Hunday, I had the same feeling. I went to Stellenbosch and back the other day and as soon as I hit around or above 140km/h it starts feeling a bit unstable. Funny though it was only the way back when the weather had worsened.

Just try lowering the air pressure in the front tyre first then if that doesn't help have someone check the bearing in your steering as a few people had a problem with them.

Well here you go, OTR fitted a Scotts damper on XT.
http://www.off-the-road.de/uploads/p...eg_Rallye9.jpg
But they don't have this as an option in their e-shop. Should talk to Thorsten separately if interested probably.
Not much left from the original front end though :P almost all are aftermarket parts on this picture.

Top speed is not what i would be interested of. I can use a turbocharged busa if I want 5 gear wheelies :P


I do quite a lot of sand driving, the damper would be pretty useful there.

Scott's / Ohlins damper
 

I run that damper (scotts / Ohlins) on my husky enduro bike. Once you've ridden with one you wont ride without one.

I would like to get a mount for my road bike. Things like hitting a pothole cranked over at 120kmh tend to upset the front of the bike and the damper would just add that additional confidence.