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Steering dampers operate under the same principle as your forks and can make a big difference to the handling of just about any motorcycle if setup correctly. Valving inside the damper unit reacts to the forces transferred through the forks and crowns of your motorcycle. Internal hydraulic valving readjusts the amount of shock or impact that would have been received through your handlebars. The link arm which connects the stabilizer to the frame, reacts instantaneously, absorbing any unwanted movement. Your suspension was designed to handle the vertical movement of your motorcycle. Steering dampers completes your suspension package by controlling the unwanted horizontal movement that is continually transferred, while riding or racing, to your handlebars. Quality steering dampers are adjustable for high speed and low speed "impacts" via the tuning dials located on the top of the unit and can be easily adjusted on the fly.

Sports bike or dirt bike a quality steering damper is a good invesment, next time you get a chance sit on a bike with a steering damper installed and turn the bars from side to side and click through a couple of settings, you will feel the difference. Once you've spent time on a machine with a steering damper it's unlikely that you will ever want to ride one without one.