fat bob cornering
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RE: fat bob cornering
ORIGINAL: PigironBob
I believe you may need one of these Ultra Ride Stabilizing System available from
http://www.terrycomp.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProdID=81 a number of riders here who do hard cornering have them and claim they can take corners up to 15 mph faster.
I believe you may need one of these Ultra Ride Stabilizing System available from
http://www.terrycomp.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProdID=81 a number of riders here who do hard cornering have them and claim they can take corners up to 15 mph faster.
Stabilizing system huh?
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RE: fat bob cornering
I'd still look into a more traditional solution, ie a steering damper. Am looking into it now, Storz makes something that'll work, also check phatperformanceparts:
http://www.phatperformanceparts.com/...de=DS%2DDAMPER
http://www.phatperformanceparts.com/...de=DS%2DDAMPER
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RE: fat bob cornering
Makes the steering stiffer so it doesn't oscillate back and forth in hard cornering. Hell, they are REQUIRED EQUIPMENT for racing. I don't think I've owned a bike yet that didn't have one, so I'll probably end up getting one before long, after I get the HD.
Here is a better description:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6817265.html
Here is a better description:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6817265.html
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RE: fat bob cornering
OK, that description is a mouthful. What it is is a small shock absorber that still allows the bars to be moved left/right to full deflection, but puts a small (in most cases adjustable amount) of drag on the bar. Not enough to keep you from doing what you need to do to manuever the bike around, say into a garage or parking stall, but enough to dampen out oscillations at high speed cornering. It mounts to one fork leg on one side (or sometimes to the triple clamp somewhere), and to the frame of the bike on the other.
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RE: fat bob cornering
I'm afraid to ask what the temperature is where you are at. It was actually chilly here today, it was in the 50's and breezy. Tomorrow is supposed to be even cooler before we ramp back up into the mid 70's again.