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Steering dampers are an essential piece of safety equipment. If you are riding fast and chirp the front tyre while braking, the handle bars can turn into a blur. An hydraulic steering damper helps to keep the bike going straight while your hands are grabbing the tank. Hydraulic dampers increase their resistance to motion as their internal speed increases, where friction dampers do not. It is important to remember - never stick your neck out, where you do not have room to recover. Watching handle bars crash from lock to lock is not a happy experience, but never fight it. If you wait for the bars to stop moving, then place you open hands on them to get a feel, you will usually be OK. If the bars are moving even slightly - do not grab hold. The forces involved are tremendous. When this stuff happens, your mind usually adjusts so you have plenty of time. The last time this happened to me I received a dislocated collar bone because I was out of practice. I have also been launched this way, harmlessly. I thought I was safe, then got flicked over the front. - Pretty funny !

<blockquote data-quote="acotrel" data-source="post: 646722" data-attributes="member: 4295"><p>Steering dampers are an essential piece of safety equipment.&nbsp; If you are riding fast and chirp the front tyre while braking, the handle bars can turn into a blur.&nbsp; An hydraulic steering damper helps to keep the bike going straight while your hands are grabbing the tank.&nbsp; Hydraulic dampers increase their resistance to motion as their internal speed increases, where friction dampers do not. It is important to remember -&nbsp; never stick your neck out, where you do not have room to recover.&nbsp; Watching handle bars crash from lock to lock is not a happy experience, but never fight it.&nbsp; If you wait for the bars to stop moving, then place you open hands on them to get a feel, you will usually be OK.&nbsp; If the bars are moving even slightly&nbsp; - do not grab hold.&nbsp; The forces involved are tremendous.&nbsp; When this stuff happens, your mind usually adjusts so you have plenty of time. The last time this happened to me I received a dislocated collar bone because I was out of practice.&nbsp; I have also been launched this way, harmlessly. I thought I was safe, then got flicked over the front. - Pretty funny !</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="acotrel, post: 646722, member: 4295"] Steering dampers are an essential piece of safety equipment. If you are riding fast and chirp the front tyre while braking, the handle bars can turn into a blur. An hydraulic steering damper helps to keep the bike going straight while your hands are grabbing the tank. Hydraulic dampers increase their resistance to motion as their internal speed increases, where friction dampers do not. It is important to remember - never stick your neck out, where you do not have room to recover. Watching handle bars crash from lock to lock is not a happy experience, but never fight it. If you wait for the bars to stop moving, then place you open hands on them to get a feel, you will usually be OK. If the bars are moving even slightly - do not grab hold. The forces involved are tremendous. When this stuff happens, your mind usually adjusts so you have plenty of time. The last time this happened to me I received a dislocated collar bone because I was out of practice. I have also been launched this way, harmlessly. I thought I was safe, then got flicked over the front. - Pretty funny ! [/QUOTE]

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