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PostPosted: 01 Mar 2019 22:34 
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..so you’re buying cheap crap ,then trusting you life on it ..... :roll:

It’s the modern way , life’s cheap and all to short lived for the moment , I blame social media , it all about the here and now , look at me fatbook , twater , snapcrap. :roll: :couch:


Was that just a rant about social media Barney?

yes


Heh heh. :yup:

"Social media is the toilet of the internet." Lady Gaga, yesterday. :clap:
And she should know... :coat:

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PostPosted: 01 Mar 2019 23:24 
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Nutah wrote:
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..so you’re buying cheap crap ,then trusting you life on it ..... :roll:


What I'm doing is buying what I can afford & will do the job adequately for my A/B road riding like I already said.
I also think that making out my life depends on the cheap steering damper may be a little melodramatic to be perfectly honest and having a cheap one in place is definitely better than not having one at all. Believe it or not, I will also be using stainless bolts to hold it in place. Now that is living on the edge.

All the best folks.


if it snaps off one end ,then extends through your headstock...
good luck .
I was only trying to stop you killing yourself .
do as you will :sad1:


Yeah,

And if my wheel breaks or my forks snap or my brakes fail or I have a blow out or if, if, if, if F****n' if.

Listen, I know this may sound a little cavalier to some of you, but if I worried about every "if or what" that may or may not occur, I really wouldn't be riding a F***n' Buell 1125r at 61.

Cheap isn't always shit and expensive isn't always excellent.

But thanks for the heads up, I appreciate your concern.

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PostPosted: 02 Mar 2019 07:02 
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Jazzbutcher wrote:
Nutah wrote:
Jazzbutcher wrote:
Nutah wrote:
..so you’re buying cheap crap ,then trusting you life on it ..... :roll:


What I'm doing is buying what I can afford & will do the job adequately for my A/B road riding like I already said.
I also think that making out my life depends on the cheap steering damper may be a little melodramatic to be perfectly honest and having a cheap one in place is definitely better than not having one at all. Believe it or not, I will also be using stainless bolts to hold it in place. Now that is living on the edge.

All the best folks.


if it snaps off one end ,then extends through your headstock...
good luck .
I was only trying to stop you killing yourself .
do as you will :sad1:


Yeah,

And if my wheel breaks or my forks snap or my brakes fail or I have a blow out or if, if, if, if F****n' if.

Listen, I know this may sound a little cavalier to some of you, but if I worried about every "if or what" that may or may not occur, I really wouldn't be riding a F***n' Buell 1125r at 61.

Cheap isn't always shit and expensive isn't always excellent.

But thanks for the heads up, I appreciate your concern.


:yt:
and as you say "Heads up"....wheels down, keep it between the green stuff :yup:

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PostPosted: 02 Mar 2019 08:18 
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Jazzbutcher wrote:
I really wouldn't be riding a F***n' Buell 1125r at 61.

Get the engine looked at...it should be quicker than that!

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I really wouldn't be riding a F***n' Buell 1125r at 61.

Get the engine looked at...it should be quicker than that!


Heh heh.

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PostPosted: 02 Mar 2019 09:38 
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barney wrote:
Jazzbutcher wrote:
Nutah wrote:
Jazzbutcher wrote:
Nutah wrote:
..so you’re buying cheap crap ,then trusting you life on it ..... :roll:


What I'm doing is buying what I can afford & will do the job adequately for my A/B road riding like I already said.
I also think that making out my life depends on the cheap steering damper may be a little melodramatic to be perfectly honest and having a cheap one in place is definitely better than not having one at all. Believe it or not, I will also be using stainless bolts to hold it in place. Now that is living on the edge.

All the best folks.


if it snaps off one end ,then extends through your headstock...
good luck .
I was only trying to stop you killing yourself .
do as you will :sad1:


Yeah,

And if my wheel breaks or my forks snap or my brakes fail or I have a blow out or if, if, if, if F****n' if.

Listen, I know this may sound a little cavalier to some of you, but if I worried about every "if or what" that may or may not occur, I really wouldn't be riding a F***n' Buell 1125r at 61.

Cheap isn't always shit and expensive isn't always excellent.

But thanks for the heads up, I appreciate your concern.


:yt:
and as you say "Heads up"....wheels down, keep it between the green stuff :yup:


Yeah, nice one Barney.

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Nutah wrote:
..so you’re buying cheap crap ,then trusting you life on it ..... :roll:


I didn't think about this way. Still under £30.

Thanks Nutah.

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..so you’re buying cheap crap ,then trusting you life on it ..... :roll:


I didn't think about this way. Still under £30.

Thanks Nutah.


Sorry forgot the link.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333087539522 ... 1436.l2649

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PostPosted: 02 Apr 2019 19:57 
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Hi Folks,

Plumped for a 2nd hand Suzuki Hyabusa 1300 gen 2 steering damper for £20.00 to use on my 1125r.
I'm guessing that should be fairly adequate.
I'm having to fabricate a bracket out of some 10mm alloy plate I have in the garage to mount it as yet but will post pics as soon as I get round to it.
Some people seem to think Buells don't need a steering damper but my 1125r tends to wriggle the yokes a little when the front wheel is skipping under acceleration. (I'm pretty sure every 1125 rider has felt this). This can be pretty disconcerting at speed or if the road drops out after a rise.
Hopefully the Steering damper will handle this, bearing in mind I still have the fork oil to change + the front tyre, all of which will be a bonus for handling.

The main thing now is my 1125r's running so much better that I don't need to focus as much on riding a flippin' awful lumpy son of a bitch bike, I can again focus my attention on the handling.
Hopefully I'll get it as good as I got my Firebolt XB9, that was a really great handling bike after about 3 months of fiddling.

Watch this space.

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Jazzbutcher wrote:
Plumped for a 2nd hand Suzuki Hyabusa 1300 gen 2 steering damper for £20.00 to use on my 1125r.

Cheap Chinese "knock offs" are easily spotted as they usually have spelling mistakes! lOl
It's Hayabusa FYI ;)

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Plumped for a 2nd hand Suzuki Hyabusa 1300 gen 2 steering damper for £20.00 to use on my 1125r.

Cheap Chinese "knock offs" are easily spotted as they usually have spelling mistakes! lOl
It's Hayabusa FYI ;)


"Cheap & adequate" is how it's really spelled.

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Jazzbutcher wrote:
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Plumped for a 2nd hand Suzuki Hyabusa 1300 gen 2 steering damper for £20.00 to use on my 1125r.

Cheap Chinese "knock offs" are easily spotted as they usually have spelling mistakes! lOl
It's Hayabusa FYI ;)


"Cheap & adequate" is how it's really spelled.


In actual fact "extremely cheap"

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSXR-1300-HAY ... .l4275.c10

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PostPosted: 05 Apr 2019 11:37 
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Hi Folks,

£20.00 Steering Damper from a Suzuki Hayabusa 1300 off Ebay.

£9.00 Alloy clamp from China.

Just got to fabricate a fixing to make it all work on my 1125r.
So just to re-cap, that's £30 quid in all instead of £350 for a specific Bitubo damper or more for an Ohlins one. Should work fine when it's fitted. I'll keep you informed.

All the best Paul.


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