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Fitted my damper today, wasnt the easiest damper I have ever fitted I have to say but worked out great
Original setup with bar risers
The ignition cover needs to come off, two phillip screws
Once the cover was removed it reveled the steering lock bolts are shear bolts. Once they are tight they shear and it prevents people unbolting the steering lock
I drilled a small hole in the cente and once I was sure it was in the centre I drilled it as big as I dared below the head height
I then used a drill bigger than the bolt shaft size to get rid of the head
I used an easy out and removed both bolts
Both bolts out, ready for the pin bracket
Once done I removed the standard bar mounts and mounted the bar mount bracket, it needed a spacer between the rubber mounts and the bracket
It was now I discovered I hadn’t listened to Steve when he said it is a fat bar mount, I flew down got Suttos and got a few sets of bars so I could try a few before I decided. (try that with your cheap US web shops :laugh: )
Once a set was found I bolted it all up and happy days
I then drilled and tapped a thread to mount my GPS
The only other thing need was a fat bat bark buster mount kit
TB
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The damper and those gold bars look bloody awesome
aussie_king_mick wrote:
Quote:Thanks TB…how does the new steering damper feel on the road? i.e. in general and compared to the old steering damper?
Haven’t tested it yet
Also, what exactly do you mean when you say “…it needed a spacer between the rubber mounts and the bracket”? What did you use for the spacer? It looks like a black bracket of some sort…please excuse the ignorance lol.
Hard to explain, need to show or you need to know how the rubbers mounts look I think, used hardened washers
Overall how much does it lift the bars if you didn’t already have bar raisers?
About 25 – 30mm I think but can measure it later and get back to you, I also fitted higher bend bars as well for the hrs that will be spent standingI agree the black steering damper does look great with the gold fat bars!
Yeah they do :woohoo:Regards Mick
:cheer:Looking mighty purty there..
aussie_king_mick wrote:Thanks TB…how does the new steering damper feel on the road? i.e. in general and compared to the old steering damper?Regards Mick
:cheer:I can now answer Mick it is a totally different bike and sand is a pleasure to ride to the point I actually went looking for soft sand on the Grafton ride we did last weekend in the creek beds to test it
TB
Hi there.
I was looking for some time for a steering damper (stabilizer) to fit on Yamaha XT660Z Tenere (2009); where did you get yours? I would really appreciate if you could give me some details.
I registered myself to the website especially to get in touch with you, and then realized that this is an Australian website? If so, even better; by the end of the year I will be moving down in Perth, WA. I shall update my profile with some pictures too.
Cheers,
RazvanWelcome Raz
Firstly the steering damper was purchased from Adventure Moto here In Australia. Email Steve at Adventure Moto at
He maybe able to do something like ship it you in Romania or at least organise one when you get to WA later in the year, make sure you tell Steve you are an old bull member and that TB sent you
Nickj and I will be in WA next year on our Teneres for a couple of weeks we should see if we can catch up.
If you enjoyed 10,000 kms on a Tenere check out the second installment 20,000
http://www.obtrailriders.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=18&id=103115&Itemid=75
Do an intro Raz tell us about Romania, where you ride and about your Tenere
TB
Good morning (here is GMT + 2
).Thans for the swift reply; I shall contact Steve. I beleive the best is to get it when I will be down there; all these months I will be caught up with arranging the move to Australia ; quite complicated, I am telling you. I shall let you know my whereabouts once landed and will definetely meet.
I will surely put some data about me/bike/gear/etc and pictures as well
. Today is my last day of rotation at work in Yemen :unsure: and tomorrow will leave for home, so I will be a bit busy with travel.Once home, the plan is for a 5 days tour on the Black Sea Coast and Danube Delta, involving dirt roads and sand on the beach; I will be passing an old fort (2000 years old), will jump on a ferry across the river (see my Avatar picture) and ride along the Delta. Once back from the trip I will put together the pictures and movies I have made and place them on shared website available for download to whoever wants.
I have attached some pictures; see the other bike as well 👿
Cheers,
RazvanAsk Evil Rudy in the Teknik Suspension forum here on the site champ, he will answer that I reckon
TB
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