[Tiffany]

I need some advice in the steering damper category. As some of you know, the 1000RR's come with a factory HESD so I never had to worry about installing one on my own. However, when I get the 600RR I know I'm going to have to get one. Which ones do you guys like the best based on different factors like functionality, price, ease of installation, etc?

 

[99SH]

search!! :book1: There are many usefull threads, no need to start another one.

in a nutshell, Ohlins piston style if you can afford it. Otherwise Scotts or GPR

 

[OveRReV]

dare to be different, get WP steering dampers, used by the Ten Kate WSS 600RR (WSS Champions)

 

[caball88]

i've been reading about this as well on the forum and GPR seems to be the most popular. There is a how to somewhere on the install.

 

[snikwad]

No... screw that WS crap, be like the rest, get a GPR, or a Scott, then peep the thread and install it in liek 10 minutes...

 

[DirtyD916]

I have a scotts and honestly installed it in 10 minutes

 

[Jake007]

Very top STICKY GPR Install....and do a search there are tons of info on this...I did the same thing and bought a GPR..love it..

 

[snikwad]

its funny, the sticky is right above this thread...
http://www.600rr.net/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=17

 

[Firefighter503]

I am planning on a GPR myself. They look pretty solid.

 

[Blizzle RR]

Just another reason to get the 07!?!?!
Scotts, Ohlins, & Gpr are the most popular brands.

 

[Tiffany]

Thanks for the advice guys. What are the price comparisons (roughly) between the Scotts and the GPR?

 

[snikwad]

scotts usually run about $400 and GPRs usually run like $360 +
check out ridersinc.com one of our site vendors, they'll hook u up, mad cool, great prices.
matter a fact PM one of em.

 

[Boosted Josh]

I'm going to go with the GPR for my track 600.

 

[Harp]

How come noone mentioned the Toby damper? Oh wait...I just did.

 

[snikwad]

I think most of us here prefer the clean tidy look of the top mount radial dampers vs. the rod style. Or atleast i do.

 

[Harp]

I think most of us here prefer the clean tidy look of the top mount radial dampers vs. the rod style. Or atleast i do.

Agreed...the look is good, but the cost is high and the quality of damping is limited by the design.

On a street bike, I'd go with the bling of a Pit-Bull, Scotts, etc. radial mount, but on a race/track bike...I'd stick with the tried and true...

 

[alexm]

Agreed...the quality of damping is limited by the design.

How is that? Are you saying that the radial design doesn't do as good of a job at damping? (Sry if this was already covered somewhere else...)

 

[snikwad]

Yeah Harp, how do you figure its limited, its all in the pivot and arm, therefore torque, if they increase the torque resistance to compensate for the shorter leverage, how can it be limited, its all physics baby...

 

[99SH]

A piston style damper has better feel and more responsive to headshake. The general racer consensus prefers and uses piston style over rotary. There was a really good article about this, I'm searching but dont seem to locate it now.

 

[snikwad]

yeah, well ima break the trend.