i don't see any offense being taken by anyone. just pointing out that online bickering is pointless. i totally see where you are coming from, but i do think that lord duckmaster definately has some experience and insight that would be valuable to anyone in the market for a damper. i was considering a hyperpro damper but finding info on the advantages were definately few and far between. i guess that my thinking is more like duckmasters though. i would rather someone say "don't buy that ****" than say "well, i don't know if it's any good or not". like i said. i was considering a hyperpro purchase and maybe my thoughts about the comments would be different if i'd already spent the $400+ and someone was knocking me for buying it.

 

Hey guys quit making me seem like a broke ***, i can afford the expensive ones, but i got a really good deal on the one i got, If lord duckhunter is right and it is crap then ill get a different one.

 

lol nobody's tryin to make you sound like a "broke ***". were just saying that in principle, its not cool to slam somebody's purchase just cuz its not top qulity ****. that'd be like if someone came on here with a new bike they just bought, and someone else stepped up and said "your bike is crap. why did you buy that POS?". same idea. sorry if we offended

 

wo wo wo.... i think everyone needs to kiss and make up

 

wow guess i came in alittle laten on this one i have a hyperpro and luv it does not mean its the best but its the best for me and install was very easy...

 

see, thats what i was talking about. just because something isn't the best product out there doesnt automatically classify it as crap. if youre not using your bike for racing or even trackdays, then it honestly doesnt even make sense to spend all your money on the stuff the pros are using.

 

No it takes much more than just that, like a long & documented history of HyperPro failures in the field including leaking units & some that just plain give out. This is known among both racers & street riders, but it is obvious you guys aren't interested in the real scoop. You simply want someone to come along & validate your opinion and/or purchase rather than hear the cold hard truth. Fair enough, I have no stake in it either way. I don't sell anything to anyone I just do the reviews...

But by your own words if the Pro's aren't using a certain brand of product don't you think there might be a reason for that? Go check the paddock at your next local AMA Superbike round. You won't find many HyperPro dampers (if any), but you will see lots of Ohlins rod types, some Scott's, GPR & even some of the new Pit-Bull units. The Pros that make their living by winning races don't waste their time or money on questionable parts. They use what they know won't let them down & will do the job when it counts.

 

Yeah because they arent sponsored by them.

 

Oh puhlease... You think it all comes down to sponsorship??? NOBODY is sponsored by OHLINS, If you are running Ohlins parts, shocks, forks or dampers then you are paying for it. Justl look at how many privateers in the AMA are running Ohlins parts, quite a few. Hell the American Honda team had to fight tooth & nail to be able to use Ohlins this year since Honda owns Showa & Yamaha own Ohlins.

In addition the American Honda Superbikes have Akra exhausts made to HRC specs with Jardine badges on them for marketing purposes. Jardine Actually pays American Honda to USE their logo to give the impression that their exhaust is worthy enough of being used on the Honda Factory teams...

I know club racers that have EBC stickers on their bike for contingency money, but run another brand of brake pad because the EBC pads just suck.

Very little is what it seems, but some parts work very well & some parts do not & there are way more crap products out there for our bikes than there are quality ones period.

You really should take a minute of your time & think about who you really want to take your advice from. For example: Think about how many riders in these forums review tires. How many times have you read the words "they stuck like glue all day" or "I could never get them to slide" etc after somebody gets a new brand of tires to try on their bike? When you read that do you believe the tires are really that good? Cause when I read that all I see is some street squid that probably can't ride for crap to begin with giving others some advice that means nothing. A real tire tester or anyone that is in the position to evaluate a tires performance knows that there isn't a tire made that he can't spin up or make slide & if someone is giving a review telling you his tire never slid once the whole day he just plain wasn't riding hard enough & probably shouldn't be the one to be telling others how the tire performed. How about when someone changes their brakelines out for some braided ones & then comes back & tells everyone how he did several accidental stoppies because of the new lines. Do you really believe that too? Have you ever done an accidental stoppie after installing new brake lines? I haven't....

Same thing here. If you want to listen to a street rider that probably has no other experience installing, using or even back to back testing a steering damper over someone that has first hand specific experience in the field then go right ahead. Just be aware that you are only hurting yourselves when you perpetuate inaccurate information to each other about the quality and/or performance of various products.

 

Two of my favorite quotes,

1) You really should take a minute of your time & think about who you really want to take your advice from.

2) I am no expert in this area & lack the knowledge of exactly how these things work internally so my testing is simply based on how well it works on the bike.