Steering Damper?

[Full Throttle]

What kind of dampener should i get for my R6. Its a 2000. I have no idea what would be good. I looked at Ohlins and Pitbull but they are so different i have no idea what im looking for.

[Sean]

Are you having that much of an issue with headshake?

[OTB]

Personally, I'd use a hose.

But if'n you want to get rid of a little headshake, a Scott's steering damper would work just fine...........

[CrazyKell]

Linear piston > rotary and Ohlins is better than all!

[Full Throttle]

Originally Posted by Sean

Are you having that much of an issue with headshake?

No im not having any really. On the way to school this morning it felt like i was stuck to a railroad track. The thing is great i just thought it was highly recommended to get one.

Originally Posted by OTB

Personally, I'd use a hose.

But if'n you want to get rid of a little headshake, a Scott's steering damper would work just fine...........

Ill look into the Hose lol and ill check out Scott's

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

Linear piston > rotary and Ohlins is better than all!

Alright good deal.

But what i was really looking for was the model of the dampener. I know where to look to find one but there are so many to choose from on their websites idk what to choose.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by OTB

Personally, I'd use a hose.

But if'n you want to get rid of a little headshake, a Scott's steering damper would work just fine...........

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

Linear piston > rotary and Ohlins is better than all!

Agreed. Hard to beat Ohlins linear BUT I know a few that have had great luck with their Scott's rotary as well.

There's also the GPR rotary but I do know that several people had issues with the older units leaking. The newer ones may be better.

[Rider]

I never had an issue on the GSXR with headshake. Come to think of it, I've never experienced headshake on any bike I've ridden.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by z06boy

Agreed. Hard to beat Ohlins linear BUT I know a few that have had great luck with their Scott's rotary as well.

There's also the GPR rotary but I do know that several people had issues with the older units leaking. The newer ones may be better.

Paul bird kawasaki runs em . And alistair fagan from fast bikes can't shut his fat gob about the gpr. Good enough for me

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Rider

I never had an issue on the GSXR with headshake. Come to think of it, I've never experienced headshake on any bike I've ridden.

So far me either. We don't have one on our R6 and it does concern me since the wife rides it the most but again...never experienced it on that or any other bike I've owned.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Dave

Paul bird kawasaki runs em . And alistair fagan from fast bikes can't shut his fat gob about the gpr. Good enough for me

Yep...definitely not a problem buying one as far as I'm concerned either...just saw some people having issues with leaking in the older ones but even then...there was no safety issue with them at all and I "think" just replacing a seal even corrected that.