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I was thinking about ordering a steering damper from a ZX-10 or something, and trying to modify it for the FZR. I'm sure some people on here have done it already, anyone have pictures?

Several people have them on their fizz.
I'll be one of them , when I decide to go outside in the cold garage and put mine on.
I'm sure they will chime in soon.

deer I have like 3 for a GSXR, looks easy to mount up

appearently some gsxr one works...I dont know about the zx10 though...
they were just selling one for the fzr on ebay...
I had one on my bike (until my bike tipped over and the damper acted like a slider and bent the crap out of it...)

shredex wrote: they were just selling one for the fzr on ebay...

Yeah, I saw that, but there weren't any brand names on it, and it didn't look adjustable... I didn't really think it was a good buy even if it worked starting out at $50. What years GSXR dampers are you guys using? Or do you have to modify all of them anyways?

The whole setup was about 100 bucks. The bad part is, I dont know how the fairings are going to fit up with it yet.

i belive there are some kits for the fzr, i remeber them like $250+ years ago.

slayermd wrote:
The whole setup was about 100 bucks. The bad part is, I dont know how the fairings are going to fit up with it yet.

That looks pretty good man. You got a pic of how it attaches to the clip-on or fork or however you did it? Is that from a GSXR? Or is it a kit for the FZR?

abs: I haven't seen any kits for sale new. Maybe one will come up on ebay. Do you think that one that was just on ebay was the real deal? I thought it was kind of sketch.

if you have the mount for the forks, and the mount for the frame, then I think you can use any damper you please that is of that style...
I have this custom made frame mount which bolts straight on with the two bolts you see right above the damper in slayermd's pics.

here is a pic of my mount...its the silver aluminum colored thing right under my bar.

So that's all you really have to look for is a 38mm?, right? fork mount? It shouldn't be too hard to make a bracket and mount it to the frame. Fairing clearance may be a problem though as Slayermd said.

deernet wrote:So that's all you really have to look for is a 38mm?, right? fork mount? It shouldn't be too hard to make a bracket and mount it to the frame. Fairing clearance may be a problem though as Slayermd said.

fairing clearance wasnt a problem with my setup at all. I had the fairings on my bike with the damper on.
I have the fork mount and the frame mount I can sell you for like maybe $20 shipped or so.
you just have to find the right length one.
here is mine that is no longer in use...wonder why

deernet wrote:

slayermd wrote:
The whole setup was about 100 bucks. The bad part is, I dont know how the fairings are going to fit up with it yet.

That looks pretty good man. You got a pic of how it attaches to the clip-on or fork or however you did it? Is that from a GSXR? Or is it a kit for the FZR?

abs: I haven't seen any kits for sale new. Maybe one will come up on ebay. Do you think that one that was just on ebay was the real deal? I thought it was kind of sketch.

Here is the damper. It does the job so far, but I dont know how durable it will be. I got the 38mm fork clamp off of Dennis Kirk for 35 bucks. It was made by SHINDY. The damn thing was like a puzzle. It took me a few days to figure out a good spot that would work. The place that I have it mounted now probably wont work when I get the fairings.


Here is how it is mounted to the fork tube.


I had to re-do the coolant tube and lower the radiator. I think it looks pretty cool tho.

guys use to mount them to the frame and front work under the tripple tree. this was they could run the fairings and nothing would interferre.

You can add any stabilizer you want to. It all depends on how willing you are to customize. I bought a Scotts Dampener from eBay and made my own brackets to hold it. Acutualy, I designed them and Modking made them for me. Here are some pictures.





It wasn't too difficult.

^^Wow...