Dual Damper Setup?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:17 pm
Been doing some pondering amidst thinking of all the stuff I want to do to my quad (inevitably delaying my rebuild even more 
). Has anyone ever tried running a dual steering damper setup? Like with the Denton type dampers? I ask because when I look at them it just seems as if its function would be limited due to the way it mounts up, you mount one end on your stem, where it pivots, say the left side of your stem, and then mount it up to the frame on that same side. To me it seems in the range of your steering where the damper is mounted on one particular side of the stem/frame, it is going to favor being steered and or jarred in one particular direction.
So I guess my question would be, what if you ran two dampers, one on each side of the stem/frame? Like either have one mounted just above or below the other on the stem, or maybe even make up a mounting ring in a lathe or something for the stem that has a fitting on both sides of it for two dampers instead of just one. I would think this would be a little more proportional/efficient, and perhaps lessen the load on that one single damper, and spread it across 2 instead. I think I might try this myself considering 2 Denton Dampers are still cheaper than 1 Ohlins or other high-end Damper. Plus I think it would be a cool experiment or project. Thoughts?
). Has anyone ever tried running a dual steering damper setup? Like with the Denton type dampers? I ask because when I look at them it just seems as if its function would be limited due to the way it mounts up, you mount one end on your stem, where it pivots, say the left side of your stem, and then mount it up to the frame on that same side. To me it seems in the range of your steering where the damper is mounted on one particular side of the stem/frame, it is going to favor being steered and or jarred in one particular direction. So I guess my question would be, what if you ran two dampers, one on each side of the stem/frame? Like either have one mounted just above or below the other on the stem, or maybe even make up a mounting ring in a lathe or something for the stem that has a fitting on both sides of it for two dampers instead of just one. I would think this would be a little more proportional/efficient, and perhaps lessen the load on that one single damper, and spread it across 2 instead. I think I might try this myself considering 2 Denton Dampers are still cheaper than 1 Ohlins or other high-end Damper. Plus I think it would be a cool experiment or project. Thoughts?