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Dutch-K5 Fan:
How does a bolt on held in place??? Only by the tank bolt Danger????



Dutch

Danger4u2:
Yes, the tank bolt and it's a split ring that goes over the steering head bolt.  The mount has a bolt in the split part in front.  It then squeezes around the neck of the frame.  The set up is very secure.

Dutch-K5 Fan:
Maybe I'll buy a scotts once. wanted to know how it bolt on.



Dutch

martinfan30:
I have a GPR unit on mine that was there when I bought it. Do these things need to be serviced? I see no leaks... It seems to have gotten softer since I bought it, but maybe I',m just used to it?

Danger4u2:

--- Quote from: martinfan30 on November 24, 2009, 01:52:16 AM ---I have a GPR unit on mine that was there when I bought it. Do these things need to be serviced? I see no leaks... It seems to have gotten softer since I bought it, but maybe I',m just used to it?

--- End quote ---
Are you saying you set it on a number and it feels like it's getting softer?   I thought the stabilizers are good until they leak. 
I change the setting to the type of terrain and or the speed I'm going.
In one of the motorcycle magazines I get they were giving people a hard time about calling them dampers.
I've always called them steering dampeners, I found there is no such word.  Dampeners:The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary.  They should be called a steering stabilizer.
Scott, the brand I use, calls them steering stabilizers.  But if you look around on their web site they call them dampers also.
It's kind of like a Crescent wrench, we all know what it is but there actually called adjustable pliers.


Main Entry: damp?er
Pronunciation: \ˈdam-pər\
Function: noun
Date: 1707
1 : a dulling or deadening influence <put a damper on the celebration>
2 : a device that damps: as a : a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft b : a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano string c chiefly British : shock absorber
3 Australian : a simple usually unleavened bread of a kind made originally in the Australian bush

Main Entry: 3damp
Function: adjective
Date: 1590
1 a archaic : being confused, bewildered, or shocked : stupefied b : depressed, dull
2 : slightly or moderately wet : moist <a damp towel>; also : humid <damp weather>

synonyms see wet

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