How about a Pit bull type on the top yoke, or same place but Ducati 916 stylee?
Steering feels very loose without it. I really notice going over bumps, railroad tracks or anything else that will cause a bit of a bounce. It seems to allow a slight side to side wobble from front tire to back tire. Almost like purposefully wiggling the handle bars. The scary part is a quick change in speed or turn.. Example: Passing and quickly jumping back into your lane but braking to get between cars. This causes a whole lot of front to rear wobble. I don't like it. I can even feel a little wobble just barely releasing throttle in a turn.What kind of handling did you lose?
Yeah, that probably is too tight.My gauges will probably be in the way for the pitbull.... What ya think??
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Sounds more like a bike or riding style issue and less like a steering dampner issue. The front to rear wobble sounds like suspension pogoing rather than headshake. But I might just be reading it wrong. The real red flags are the going over bumps/railroad tracks (I'm assuming you're taking those slowly), the wobble under braking (this would put more weight on the front end, exactly the opposite of what causes headshake), the "loose" steering , and releasing throttle in a turn(same as hitting brakes, this would put more weight to the front). None of those are cured by a steering dampner. Some are masked by one though.Steering feels very loose without it. I really notice going over bumps, railroad tracks or anything else that will cause a bit of a bounce. It seems to allow a slight side to side wobble from front tire to back tire. Almost like purposefully wiggling the handle bars. The scary part is a quick change in speed or turn.. Example: Passing and quickly jumping back into your lane but braking to get between cars. This causes a whole lot of front to rear wobble. I don't like it. I can even feel a little wobble just barely releasing throttle in a turn.
thats how they were always mounted until ducati mounted them up on the triple trees!or (this didn't look like a good idea) mounted on the side from the frame to the fork. I've seen it done, and the guy said it worked.
For a long time bikes had drum brakes, or one brake up front... Still doesn't make it a good idea (unless you're rockin buell's brake idea). There's lots of things that were done at one time until a better idea came along.... But it does work, so thats why I showed him. Then again, I don't think a glass bottle for a coolant overflow is a good idea, so what do I know?thats how they were always mounted until ducati mounted them up on the triple trees!
thats how i have one mounted on my hornet, just about all hornet race bikes have them there.