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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Ride Report: '04 KDX-220 w/Scotts Steering Stabilizer
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[QUOTE="Feanor, post: 934410, member: 55364"] Yankee, If the root caused the wheel to lose contact with the ground for any significant amount of time in a corner I don't think anything could be done about the loss of traction and the front tire washing out, but what it DOES help with is that jarring/twisting jolt that comes up thru the bars at impact that causes the wheel to turn far of center... The damper reduces that jolt AND keeps the wheel from departing the correct angle as far and so you get that split second to save it, whereas, without the dameper, you're already on the ground... I purposely hit rocks in turns during testing just to see what would happen, and here's the best I can describe it: You're countersteering into a corner with mild roost off the back under power and the rear end drifting slightly to the outside... BAP! you hit a rock that twists the bars in your hand and steers you to the outside of the corner. The back end starts to come around and in this wild panic (for me anyway) You try to muscle the bars as fast as you can further to the outside to try and save the back end... You feel the resistance of the damper keeping you from making this input quickly and in that moment you curse, thinking that its working against you.... Actually its working against your mistake! because I've been in MANY situations where oscillation starts at this very moment... I try to countersteer sensing the back end coming around when in actuality; even though the rear is still moving lets say, left, its already starting to set up its tendency to want to move back to the right when I initiate me "correction"... Because I move the bars slower away from center with the damper on, I'm not acelerating the action of the rear moving left, but instead, flowing with it so when the rear starts to hook up and moves back to center, I can flip the bars back to center (no damping) and react to the oscillation, rather than add to it... Without the damper I was always giving too much to soon when I tried to countersteer, now that panic response is lessened to a more appropriate level... it "makes" your steering inputs subtle and relaxed more like a pro (even when, like me, you're a crazy nervous noob LoL!) I can't wait to try this thing in the sand! I've been told it handles the drifting and flowing in deep sugar sand very well and keeps you tracking much straighter as if you added a few inches to your wheelbase... Have a good one! Feanor [/QUOTE]
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Ride Report: '04 KDX-220 w/Scotts Steering Stabilizer
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