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I've heard good and bad things about them, they are mostly for when you're riding at very high speeds or if you hit a pothole, like a stabilizer. It makes your steering tighter, so if you like the older bike feel you may be disappointed.

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Steering damper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A steering damper, steering stabiliser or sprint damper is a damping device designed to inhibit an undesirable, uncontrolled movement or oscillation of a vehicle steering mechanism, a phenomenon known in motorcycling as wobble, or in extreme...
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14 years ago. Rating: 5
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All the old Harleys had steering dampers but roads were not as good as they are today.
The suspension has improved also so the handlebars aren't jerked from your hands when you hit a pothole.
Very little steering is done on a motorcycle at road speeds anyway so tight steering would only effect low speed and if you can adjust tight on the road and looser at slow speeds and remember to adjust it I guess it would be OK.

14 years ago. Rating: 3
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