Hi All anyone out there running a Harley with Harley Steering damper? i managed to attach a VW one to mine but im curios to see where & how Harley attach the damper to the bike, a picture would be nice, i run an 83 flh & had a lot of trouble finding a good spot, in the end i used the steering lock plate it works but it aint pretty.
Do you have any pictures of how you attached your damper? I picked up a VW one at a meet for $5 and I'm going to fit it to my Honda.
Harley uses a mounting plate that bolts onto the back of the lower triple clamp (3 bolts) and replaces the clamshell deflector there for the rod end. This is the fork mount. The other end (shock bushing) mounts to a bracket welded onto the sidecar upper strut. This gives a somewhat horizontal mounting without interference.
Lonnie
Which Honda & which sidecar?
Lonnie
It's a Honda 1977 CB750 and a Ural sidecar. I'm not sure if the VW damper is going to be the best thing or not. I was looking at some clamps that mount to the lower fork tube, but then there's the added problem of the suspensions movement. I have a friend with a larger size car one that is mounted from the lower fork tube to the crash guard. The smaller size dampers such as sold by Dennis Kirk for $130 may be a better thing, especially if I could get them to mount up and out of the way better, similar to the harley one, but that's more $$ than I have.
Josh,
A fork brace mount will work. Be aware that the VW dampers come in different stroke lengths from under 6" to over 7". If one is too short it will limit your steering radius.
The fender mount bolts and caliper bolts also offer mounting positions for a bracket on some models.
If needed, the damper will work best with both ends attached to non- articulating parts of the chassis of the bike and car.
Second option is to mount to a front fork slider. If the second option is used mount the damper perpendicular (90 degrees) to fork travel to eliminate (reduce) bump steering when rough roads are encountered.
Lonnie
Northwest Sidecars
Originally written by Hack'n on 10/14/2008 1:54 PM
Josh,
A fork brace mount will work. Be aware that the VW dampers come in different stroke lengths from under 6" to over 7". If one is too short it will limit your steering radius.
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Lonnie,
Can you advise which is which for what VW model?
Thanks,
Sarge
I think the '66 or earlier Beetles had the longer stroke.
Lonnie
