clean sweep for Lansdowne dampers

Bonhams British Historic GP.
The Lansdowne Damper kits powered a Clean sweep at silverstone last week end. New kid on the block Luke Notton showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the field .powering the GB access manx to the finnish ,Duncan after a bad start this year touched form hammering in second place's .

Luke is a tactical Rider ,and after a few adjustments to the Lansdowne manx give the crowd a real treat,winning all the race's .proving the kits ability to control the Norton forks.

Lansdowne , 350 cc rider Peter Crew testing the kit for the first time emailed me saying " Instant inprovement, front end felt really planted" proving yet again the kits ability to control the Norton fork...
Cammando user's world wide are enjoying the "new found" front ends .

Mick Hemmings ,after a quick buzz on Steward Tonges Manx had to admit, the Lansdowne Dampers "worked well"

forum members check out the Bonhams GP . google LANSDOWNE CLASSIC RACING to view .

Kits are available for Commando's still at the old price of £215 plus postage..£234 to the U.S.A

Great news and rider feed back on your cartridge modification.
Very pleased yet pensive to try to top it with my simpleton
mods.
Will be trying it myself in a year or so, thinking I might be
missing out on something with the better re-bond dampening,
but its got a tall bench mark to top so will let ya know.
Hope I can still retain the 6" travel or that will nix the deal.

hobot

hobot said:

Hope I can still retain the 6" travel or that will nix the deal.

hobot

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Why, better to have 4in of control verses 6in of flop. At least that's what I tell the wife.

lol

Yeah, that what all gals are trained to say to protect most male egos.
But hey who cares what they get out of it : )
I know "6" of soft to rigid progressive travel is a great treat to me.

Glad someone more capable than me his devised a rebound
kit for me to see if I'm missing out - as race reports says
it better than what's been tried prior, excepting my own
fork modification on yet to be objectively track tested.

hobot

Mention 6" and the puns emerge! :lol:

hobot said:

Yeah, that what all gals are trained to say to protect most male egos.
But hey who cares what they get out of it : )
I know "6" of soft to rigid progressive travel is a great treat to me.

Glad someone more capable than me his devised a rebound
kit for me to see if I'm missing out - as race reports says
it better than what's been tried prior, excepting my own
fork modification on yet to be objectively track tested.

hobot

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hehe John, you knew ole swooheroo was the lude initiator I just phrased
my quip to match the mood. But its impossible to avoid gender
terms in plumbing and fittings let alone forks and springs and fluid
pumping. But hey what ya expect in biker crowd.

I suspect your real reason was to see my sincere compliment highlighted.

hobot

O no,i have been rumbled! Nice one Hobot

hobot said:

hehe John, you knew ole swooheroo was the lude initiator I just phrased
my quip to match the mood. But its impossible to avoid gender
terms in plumbing and fittings let alone forks and springs and fluid
pumping. But hey what ya expect in biker crowd.

I suspect your real reason was to see my sincere compliment highlighted.

hobot

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Just joshing in joy at your success to move Roadholders forward
after 4 decades stagnation.

Unless pushing handling limits not much need to alter Roadholders
or anything else on a fettered factory Commando. Problem
is they feel so good pressing them right up till they don't.

Exceeding known limits of handling is my fascination since
experiencing the rear rod linkage. But this allows a lot
more front loading so that end is vital up to point hook
lifts front out of much or any traction.

I lost the detailed site on cartridge install, but seems
that full travel could be attained with cut down damper
tube and extra spring spacer. Also looks like possible
to flip a second cartridge over to get two way adjustable
dampening.

Not many cycles, certainly road bike need 4" travel,
but there are exceptions I've found and intend to
explore that further someday.

hobot

New kits available for off road..7.1/2 inch of travel!

hobot said:

Just joshing in joy at your success to move Roadholders forward
after 4 decades stagnation.

Unless pushing handling limits not much need to alter Roadholders
or anything else on a fettered factory Commando. Problem
is they feel so good pressing them right up till they don't.

Exceeding known limits of handling is my fascination since
experiencing the rear rod linkage. But this allows a lot
more front loading so that end is vital up to point hook
lifts front out of much or any traction.

I lost the detailed site on cartridge install, but seems
that full travel could be attained with cut down damper
tube and extra spring spacer. Also looks like possible
to flip a second cartridge over to get two way adjustable
dampening.

Not many cycles, certainly road bike need 4" travel,
but there are exceptions I've found and intend to
explore that further someday.

hobot

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Hmm, you'd have to weld extensions to the sliders for 7.5".
RGM brace sorta gives this extra support but with out extra travel.
Still for some areas the idea leaves me tingling. Baja like runs,
leaps off ledges and down steep ravines, hill climbs and
scrambles back up ravines, pasture runs with hidden goffer holes
and lumps, dropping front after wheelies, riding over deer
I've knocked down, some on purpose. So far 6" takes it all fine
but for gofer hole lips, that jars a boy to the saddle as
momentum break thru the sod >full bottom to instant air
borne extension, still silent forks but the headlight to tail lens rings.
A cushy interstate cruiser is uncanny nice riding on the rough and ready.

I used to sit on back of King Queen seat to ease the shocks on
wrists to reach tarmac. With the necked damper rods
and 4 rate springs just glides softly over wash boards and
stones and soaks up pot hole edges and limb crossings.

On pavement good forks to me allow scrubbing front side
ways in straight steering sharpness on wavy truck beat surface
gripping enough the rear can pivot around stem. Swooh flavor.

If rear is made to slide far enough around its patch will
smoosh out for a traction spike to stop the slide into a hi side.
A neutral bike allows pilot to store up as much chassis twist
as needed then nail throttle and let go of forks so bike
will instantly leap out of leaning far one way to upright
aimed into next open out of there. Extra 2" fork travel
helps to control the launch and absorb the landing
to stay free dolly wheeling- neutral till pilot moves them.

I know what happens trying to retain tire patch control
on bottomed out or locked down forks, tire spring controls
the whole show and only takes one sprong to end it.

My tool die guy has stacked up 18" logs three logs high
for his trials bikes, sure looks tempting to me.
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1383199 ... 1179DZNEWi


Am I missing out on something on flight envelope of Commando's?
hobot