Steering Damper ?

Hawkster · Oct 30, 2015

Before you think I've totally lost it give it a second to settle in .

I'm gonna give one a try , there's been a few times I've been slapped by the ski threw the bar , kind of hard on the wrists and rotor cups .

I don't know if it would of made a difference but I got caught in a high speed wobble once . Only thing I could think of was that when I was hauling butt cutting across some rough terrain the back end got away from me . The whipping was like a crotch rocket just a little slower with a lot more flinging mass , all I could do was throttle threw it .

My riding buddies seen it and thought I was a gonner , it's amazing what goes threw the mind in a split second and one of them was high siding on pavement and I really didn't want to try it with jagged hard pack .

The Hawks can run in the triple digits which is pretty impressive since they are geared like tractors and it won't be long before some of the bike kits get there .

Anyone tried one on a kit ?

Rush44 · Oct 30, 2015

I thought about the same thing. I hit a rock rut coming down the Seeley Lake trail last year that royally trashed my wrist. It was sore for a good 2 months after. I think a nice stabilizer would have saved it. I'd crank it down for the woods and up for the trail. Haven't had any problems that needed it in the backcountry yet.

AKdragon700 · Oct 30, 2015

Scott Damper under bar KTM 500 xc-w

I purchased a stabilizer last season but ended up receiving the wrong riser/mount for it. I just got the correct riser/mount back from Three Brothers Racing (Great Service and turn around!). Ill post some pictures and hopefully a review soon. If it only works for those rare situations, fine. Ill crank the stabilizer down to nothing and enjoy the extra inch+ of riser from the mount. Being 6'3" its been much needed

capulin overdrive · Oct 30, 2015

I'll be running one this winter.

Only thing that worries me, is a ghost ride on a weird get off. Had a weird crash on a set of doubles in an MX race way back, and the steering stabilizer keep my bike up and going straight into the track fence.

Sheetmetalfab · Oct 30, 2015

capulin overdrive said:
I'll be running one this winter.

Only thing that worries me, is a ghost ride on a weird get off. Had a weird crash on a set of doubles in an MX race way back, and the steering stabilizer keep my bike up and going straight into the track fence.

Tether?

Hawkster · Oct 30, 2015

capulin overdrive said:
I'll be running one this winter.

Only thing that worries me, is a ghost ride on a weird get off. Had a weird crash on a set of doubles in an MX race way back, and the steering stabilizer keep my bike up and going straight into the track fence.

Sheetmetalfab brought up a good one , something bikes aren't accustomed to . Your weird crash you had can easily happen since your running a much bigger foot print .

I was screwing around on the lake right by the cabin , tether dangling , and I went down . The snow jammed in the end of the twist and the darn machine picked itself up from sliding on it's side and proceeded to drive across the lake . I thought for sure it was gonna make it to the trees but luckily it hit a rut went down and knocked the throttle to idle .

capulin overdrive · Oct 30, 2015

For sure worth checking into, always hook up the sled tether. Ghost ride in bike territory could make for a long cold day getting out of there.

SnoFro · Oct 31, 2015

My buddy told me I needed a steering stabilizer when I was building my first snow bike. I never road any snow bike without one. All I can say is I never got into a high speed wobble. Furthermore I have never ridden with a stabilizer on a dirt bike nor a street bike.
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AKdragon700 · Nov 2, 2015

Tether

I second the tether! On my first trip out with new heated grips and a new cam on my throttle, I had a bad throttle freeze up. It was probably -5 f and I had some snow that melted in my throttle tube. As I was digging out my bike it refroze. I went to push my bike out of a rut and it ran away from me. Standing there, I watched my bike take a 200 yard bomber run through the trees. Right when you think they are going to fall, they will stand back up and keep charging. It dodged two trees going down a hill, flipped sideways and slammed into a tree right underneath the front fender, direct hit to the front forks. It ripped my front fender and headlight assembly off the bike and finally died. I was completely stunned and just stood there for a few minutes. Luckily my headlight was OK and I just had to replace the front fender and headlight mask. Put a tether on! Super cheap and only take a few minutes to put on.

Dirtbikerider16 · Nov 4, 2015

I'm running one this season. Caught a rock late last season when the snow was thinning, sprained my wrist pretty bad. Jacked up the ski a bit too.

Motogeek33 · Nov 5, 2015

Wow, that was quite an impact. It looks like the leading edge of that skag got stuck on the rock and didn't glide over. That's one of the reasons I went to the triple carbide center skag. When I was running the u-shaped Timbersled one, the front edge would catch on rocks and logs and give you quite a jolt. I never had a high-speed impact like you had, luckily.

AKdragon700 · Nov 5, 2015

Scotts Damper Installed

No review yet, but I finally got it installed. I love the riser and the damper feels great when steering from side to side.

Don't mind the red cable around the tower pin, that's just being used to hold up my subframe while I install a TSS

Dirtbikerider16 · Nov 6, 2015

Alphageek said:
Wow, that was quite an impact. It looks like the leading edge of that skag got stuck on the rock and didn't glide over. That's one of the reasons I went to the triple carbide center skag. When I was running the u-shaped Timbersled one, the front edge would catch on rocks and logs and give you quite a jolt. I never had a high-speed impact like you had, luckily.

Do you have a link? I know exactly what you mean by that little jolt.

Motogeek33 · Nov 6, 2015

Dirtbikerider16 said:
Do you have a link? I know exactly what you mean by that little jolt.

http://snowbikekits.com/product/gold-standard-wear-skeg-fits-timbersled-10-backcountry-ski/

jethro450 · Nov 6, 2015

Been doing this stuff since 08 on an explorer, 2moto, and timbersled. I've had the Scotts on and off all setups. My opinion is that when you're bike is setup right (light front end feeling - i.e., heavy fork springs on the timbersled setup), I haven't felt like I needed it. I more felt like I was just wearing it out when it was on. I didn't use it at all last season and didn't miss it one bit. I've never had high speed wobble on any kit in any condition though I've felt way more comfortable on the TS setup at speed. The ski and latest skags are magic!

TillTheEnd · Nov 7, 2015

jethro450 said:
Been doing this stuff since 08 on an explorer, 2moto, and timbersled. I've had the Scotts on and off all setups. My opinion is that when you're bike is setup right (light front end feeling - i.e., heavy fork springs on the timbersled setup), I haven't felt like I needed it. I more felt like I was just wearing it out when it was on. I didn't use it at all last season and didn't miss it one bit. I've never had high speed wobble on any kit in any condition though I've felt way more comfortable on the TS setup at speed. The ski and latest skags are magic!

Have to agree with this. I think you'd have to adjust the high speed to make it matter with as much torque as the ski has. I run Scott's on all my race bikes in the summer but I found I took it off for the kit....

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