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Old Feb 2, 2025 | 12:43 PM
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Has anyone installed a steering damper on their CBR600F?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2025 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by stevieHRCSA
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Has anyone installed a steering damper on their CBR600F?
Never felt the need for one.

Have you checked the wheel alignment / balance, suspension units, tyres, etc to see if anything is throwing the handling off?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2025 | 02:32 PM
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I have not. The only time I’ve ever had issues is when my bar weights were either loose or fallen off.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2025 | 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Harris
Never felt the need for one.

Have you checked the wheel alignment / balance, suspension units, tyres, etc to see if anything is throwing the handling off?

Owned the bike for a year now, never had any issues

Recently got brand new dunlop sportmax q3s on... set the suspension to stock settings, i weigh 65kg, and yesterday and approximately 150kmh hit a slight bump and got a hell of a tank slapper, banged up my wrist and i lost front brakes for a bit

Any idea why the bike would do that...
and would a dampener help in the future
 
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Old Feb 3, 2025 | 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by stevieHRCSA
Owned the bike for a year now, never had any issues

Recently got brand new dunlop sportmax q3s on... set the suspension to stock settings, i weigh 65kg, and yesterday and approximately 150kmh hit a slight bump and got a hell of a tank slapper, banged up my wrist and i lost front brakes for a bit

Any idea why the bike would do that...
and would a dampener help in the future
Changes to the tyres and to the suspension settings and the bike starts handling badly - personally, that’s where I’d start looking for your problems.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2025 | 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Harris
Changes to the tyres and to the suspension settings and the bike starts handling badly - personally, that’s where I’d start looking for your problems.
Thats whats confusing me... after fitting new tyres and adjusting suspension, the bike felt amazing... way better than before... and then i got the tank slapper and its had me wondering where to look to...
 
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Old Feb 3, 2025 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by stevieHRCSA
Thats whats confusing me... after fitting new tyres and adjusting suspension, the bike felt amazing... way better than before... and then i got the tank slapper and its had me wondering where to look to...
I don't know, maybe something loose so the forks have slipped / twisted in the yolks, the tyres weren't seated correctly so they're losing pressure ...

What I do know is to find the cause, not treat the symptoms.
 
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