Motorcycle Steering Dampers & Mounting Brackets

Think of your motorbike's chassis as a skeleton - all the organs to make it work get bolted on. With electronic sensors & wiring as the nerves, shoulders made from triple clamps & handlebars connecting the forks as arms, plus stock linkages & swingarms as leg bones. They're called rear swing ARMS & front fork LEGS - but you don't ride backwards, right? So close enough.

These Yacugar steering dampers & their mounting bracket components act like extra strong shoulder muscles, controlling wheel deflection, instability at speed & giving the rider more control over front end responsiveness without changing fork suspension geometry. The steering damper is basically a small adjustable shock absorber, and a quick way to adjust how much force & feedback is pushed through the bike's handlebars - so it's about both riding comfort & safety.

Offroad vibrations from difficult ground are dampened to wrists & hands, rocks & rugged terrain don't push your bars off your line so you ride faster & don't need to work as hard, a high speed wobble has all it's power sapped so you don't lose control. The resistance is progressive, with regular handling at normal steer speeds - but it prevents fast head shake & stops sudden jerks. It's track performance gives a competitive edge to racing pros, but it's useful to all riders, even on your daily commute potholes.

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Think of your motorbike's chassis as a skeleton - all the organs to make it work get bolted on. With electronic sensors & wiring as the nerves, shoulders made from triple clamps & handlebars connecting the forks as arms, plus stock linkages & swingarms as leg bones. They're called rear swing ARMS & front fork LEGS - but you don't ride backwards, right? So close enough.

These Yacugar steering dampers & their mounting bracket components act like extra strong shoulder muscles, controlling wheel deflection, instability at speed & giving the rider more control over front end responsiveness without changing fork suspension geometry. The steering damper is basically a small adjustable shock absorber, and a quick way to adjust how much force & feedback is pushed through the bike's handlebars - so it's about both riding comfort & safety.

Offroad vibrations from difficult ground are dampened to wrists & hands, rocks & rugged terrain don't push your bars off your line so you ride faster & don't need to work as hard, a high speed wobble has all it's power sapped so you don't lose control. The resistance is progressive, with regular handling at normal steer speeds - but it prevents fast head shake & stops sudden jerks. It's track performance gives a competitive edge to racing pros, but it's useful to all riders, even on your daily commute potholes.

Like your skeleton, your frame needs flexible joints connecting all those metal bones. Unlike our poor old meaty arthritic bits, it's quite easy to press out the rusty worn factory components & swap in a new set - so please don't forget to maintain your steering head bearings or to service sticky or crunchy suspension mounting bearings. Teknik have a range of bearing servicing parts from genuine OEM manufacturers as well as performance aftermarket brands, available as individual consumables or complete rebuild packs, but if it's all too much to DIY, we can try to fit you into our busy suspension workshop.

If your human frame doesn't quite match the height of your motorcycle's, then both ends can be lowered to keep geometry perfect. Lowering or Raising Links adjust the back end alone - you can drop the fork tubes through the clamps on some models to help even it out. Link kits are pre-assembled with bearings, seals & grease nipples, so installation & maintenance is easy.

If only your human body was this easy to repair & get spares for! We'd all be in better shape. Give it a good service with plenty of lube!