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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 159044" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Those kwaka H2 dampers are all i've ever used.......work well and dont look too bad.......the billet alloy ones look too modern for my liking........Only advice i can give is to make sure you use as much of the damper's stroke as possible from lock to lock.........The head shake issues are not just found on cornering and hitting ruts in the road surface, it happened to me on a straight high speed stretch of road........This was not long after I got my bike.......the 2 items that contributed to it were........probably didn't have the friction damper tight enough, and it was way over sprung in the front........that is, it still had the duel springs in either spring case.........It is worth remembering that many of these bikes once had sidecars attached where the owners might have installed stiff springs to suit........loads of bikes still have the duel springs up front and 0.320" wire size rear springs in the back end........no wonder the bikes are so ridgid on the road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 159044, member: 597"] Those kwaka H2 dampers are all i've ever used.......work well and dont look too bad.......the billet alloy ones look too modern for my liking........Only advice i can give is to make sure you use as much of the damper's stroke as possible from lock to lock.........The head shake issues are not just found on cornering and hitting ruts in the road surface, it happened to me on a straight high speed stretch of road........This was not long after I got my bike.......the 2 items that contributed to it were........probably didn't have the friction damper tight enough, and it was way over sprung in the front........that is, it still had the duel springs in either spring case.........It is worth remembering that many of these bikes once had sidecars attached where the owners might have installed stiff springs to suit........loads of bikes still have the duel springs up front and 0.320" wire size rear springs in the back end........no wonder the bikes are so ridgid on the road. [/QUOTE]
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