Custom fitting a steering damper - Page 2

 

Datesfat Chicks wrote:


Other considerations aside, there would be no slop
in the system because I would tension the cables
such that they pulled slightly against each other.

SQ

 


Gosh, I wonder if steel cables stretch under load?  Let me look that up.
 : )

Tensioning the cables will reduce the potential problem but not eliminate
it.

But, tensioning them is better than having slack in them!  Let us know how
it goes ...

Datesfat

 

Thanks for the replies everyone. Looks like the jury
is thumbs-down unanimous except for one abstention
(ie, the Honorable Member from Montana).

Anyway I crawled around under the bike and had
another look... *maybe* I can install the damper
just above the lower triple clamp. On the left side,
because the radiator filler cap gets in the way
on the right.

However, with the wheel straight ahead the damper
shaft should be at 90 degrees to the steering,
and in this position it wouldn't be. Therefore
the damping force would be somewhat asymmetrical
at the center position, which is where I need
damping the most.

SQ

 


That was so you could weld a mounting tab on the frame.