In all your hard riding you have never experianced a tank slapper

For the amount of money we're talking about I really don't understand the "I've never had one so I don't need it," argument.How about, "I've ridden 100,000 miles without an accident. So I just don't need a helmet."

My car is collecting dust now.....

lol mate I'm going to lose any status update you throw up. I still only have the 205klms on it. I only use it on the weekends as I have a company car for work.

The more conventional (and less nervous) technique to get the same overall results would be to use .95 springs, 110 mm oil height (5 wt Showa), 36 to 38 mm of sag and zero front end drop. The 30 mm sag in the rear is fine. You will find more ground clearance, straight line stability, excellent turn in and less nosedive on the brakes. I am assuming the 200 pound figure is your suited weight, if not you may even want to try 1.0 springs . . .

Little information please. I see lots of steering dampaners on bikes. I personaly have never owned on. What are the beinfets for a guy that has no track intention at the moment. I ride pretty hard and just wonder what it would help.
thanx

Status update:

She sits in the garage with exactly 400km on the tripmeter, aussie_929 how about yourself?

So what's this deal about 86 octane?

You've got to remember that head shake is a component of various elements.

Steering angle, front wheel weight and suspension set up. If it's quite steep it will want to slap. I dare say this has to to with the natural damping effects of the steering angle. You've also got the front wheel weight. The more weight that is over the front wheel there is less tendancy to shake. It's either weight on, or completely off so the road doesn't contact the wheel. Lastly you've got your suspension. You need to return the tyre to the road as quick as possible so it's not floating about and able to move in mid air. This is why the stock suspension is so ****. It's way overdamped and undersprung at the front. The result is it hits a bump and doesn't move then slaps like a bitch.

Essentially it's that middle ground where there is little weight on the front wheel that causes all the trouble. Ie under hard acceleration, or when you hit a bump mid corner and the suspension doesn't return the front tyre to the ground in the correct manner.

Hence the comment that tank slapper can be sorted through suspension (and they can, as my bike is fine now).

Dropping the triples any amount on the tubes reduces trail and makes the bike MORE prone to shake (or am I reading this wrong?). Most of the racers (self included) actually raised the triples to ADD some trail (and ground clearance which is seriously lacking).

Re the WP shock, is it the same overall length as the OEM unit? Did you shorten or lengthen it? This would make a bike difference depending on the ratio of change front to rear on the ride height. Are you using the stock tires or have you changed model or brand? No two different manufacturer's tires are the same diameter (and overall height) and this will greatly affect the trail as well.

lol I doubt that I will be catching up anytime soon. I like short fast rides so I dont really rack up many klms.

After almost 3 yrs of owning the 929 I only had like 5800klms on it

Mine is dropped 10mm in the front (10mm from upper edge of tripple clamp to the mating line of the fork tube/fork cap) with 28-32mm sag at the front with 0.90kg/mm springs and revalved and 30mm sag at the rear (spring preload adjuster in position #6) , it is a bit nervous but turns in beatifully, I admit that its not the most stable at speed but im willing to compromise to get it cornering how i like! I will definately be getting a damper in the near future!
ps. I weight about 200lbs