Steering dampner
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jimbo said:this is the one I have ,works good, doesn't crunch the down tubes, is easily adjustable, loose for around the garage and tight for fast stuff. My bike while decelerating to a stop will head shake slightly with my hands off , I don't like that, and the damper eliminates it. ( Trying to fix it you could spend countless hours and money turning it into a science project and maybe never accomplish anything . Or concede defeat and a install the damper, of course everything should be properly adjusted, etc, the damper should not be used for a giant Band-Aid)
https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-details/16299
The damper works good however the fixing is bad. When you tighten the two shaft collar halves properly the flat bar will dent the down tubes. I have seen several down tubes with dents that reminded of the damper bar once fitted :cry: I recommend to use only the two supplied shaft collar halves as one clamp (to support all around one down tube). Weld halve of the supplied small bracket to one of the shaft collar halves and fit the damper to just one two-piece shaft collar clamp which is more than sufficient :wink:
From some basic research the flat bar mounting of the kits is very outdated technology. Several online companies make updated mounting brackets that can easily be adapted to the Norton frame rails/triple trees/fork tubes. The top of the list would be an Ohlins Steering Damper mount kit, it would suffice and be quite costly if you are on a budget. I'm upgrading my daily bike, 15' BMW R1200R to the Ohlins unit and will be using the practically new OEM damper from it for my 74' Commando build. Thankfully it's already black and matching.
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A lot lower down in price range than Ohlins are the Shindy dampers and clamps, if you are going to make up your own kit. I used them on the Ducati vintage race bikes we ran in AHRMA. They were excellent, no problems what so ever with them, although they didn't like crashing much. Rebuild kits are available. Storz Performance also sells steering damper items.
http://www.shindypro.com/street.html
https://www.denniskirk.com/shindy/steering-stems-and-stabilizers/100.ipp
http://www.storzperf.com/toc.html
http://www.shindypro.com/street.html
https://www.denniskirk.com/shindy/steering-stems-and-stabilizers/100.ipp
http://www.storzperf.com/toc.html
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nortonspeed said:jimbo said:this is the one I have ,works good, doesn't crunch the down tubes, is easily adjustable, loose for around the garage and tight for fast stuff. My bike while decelerating to a stop will head shake slightly with my hands off , I don't like that, and the damper eliminates it. ( Trying to fix it you could spend countless hours and money turning it into a science project and maybe never accomplish anything . Or concede defeat and a install the damper, of course everything should be properly adjusted, etc, the damper should not be used for a giant Band-Aid)
https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-details/16299
The damper works good however the fixing is bad. When you tighten the two shaft collar halves properly the flat bar will dent the down tubes. I have seen several down tubes with dents that reminded of the damper bar once fitted :cry: I recommend to use only the two supplied shaft collar halves as one clamp (to support all around one down tube). Weld halve of the supplied small bracket to one of the shaft collar halves and fit the damper to just one two-piece shaft collar clamp which is more than sufficient :wink:
Mine has not crushed the tubes .
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