Excellent video. Very helpful for understanding how the stabilizer works. The guys at BRP really know their stuff and they provide top notch customer service. Thanks BRP!
Nice tutorial, thanks. When electrical, mechanical or hydraulic engineers design products that control motion, like a stabilizer that controls the motion of a handlebar when the front wheel encounters rocks, etc. we use the terms damp, damping and damper. The term dampen and dampening is used to refer to the process of making something wet "She is dampening a sponge. In the future she will dampen several other sponges. A few minutes ago, she dampened a towel." Likewise a dampener is a device that makes something wet, maybe a yard sprinkler. The Scotts Steering Stabilizer is a steering damper. It damps (controls) the motion of the bars. While the bike is in motion the stabilizer is constantly damping the handlebar motion.
So is there a part number for that unit? Since there is a specific on road off road no resistance back to center…. Might be nice to have a part number.
great video. random question, why does it make sense for the off road version to provide no resistance when returning to center but on a road motorcycle it does give resistance when returning to center? as an off road guy, it seems even the street guys would want the same. what am I missing? thanks.
When riding in dirt it is mre common for the rider to need to counter steer the bike. The free to center allows the rider to counter steer more easily and without any resistance.
because on road you are riding faster and don't want twitchy steering. The point of a stabilizer is to reduce twitchiness. in slower off road, you're riding much slower and moving the steering left/right more often and therefore need no restrictions to turn left/right. But you want the high-speed dampening to reduce unwanted deflections that would throw off your steering
But dampers can also reduce the affects of deflection at slow speed, such as from hitting large rocks with the front wheel or clipping trees with the handlebars, so wouldn’t it make sense to reduce the damping rather than totally turning it off (like the Precision Parabolic)? I’m in the market for a damper now and like the Scott’s, but I’m not sure about my slow speed damping changing so much between sweeping out and returning to centre.
The BPR site does not give years for bikes. The KX has changed from from 2020 to 2021. You can’t just assume one size fits all. I’m not going to buy something unless I know it fits.
Confused as hell how does it work??? Like just that box mounted to your handle bars how is that supposed to do anything I mean if it had something connected to the frame like a shock or something I would see how it could work but just that I don’t understand what give it dampening
I read the Scott’s damper instructions but this video helped clarify the functionality, I appreciate the effort for making this video.
Excellent video. Very helpful for understanding how the stabilizer works. The guys at BRP really know their stuff and they provide top notch customer service. Thanks BRP!
Nice tutorial, thanks. When electrical, mechanical or hydraulic engineers design products that control motion, like a stabilizer that controls the motion of a handlebar when the front wheel encounters rocks, etc. we use the terms damp, damping and damper. The term dampen and dampening is used to refer to the process of making something wet "She is dampening a sponge. In the future she will dampen several other sponges. A few minutes ago, she dampened a towel." Likewise a dampener is a device that makes something wet, maybe a yard sprinkler. The Scotts Steering Stabilizer is a steering damper. It damps (controls) the motion of the bars. While the bike is in motion the stabilizer is constantly damping the handlebar motion.
What he said ^
Very informative! Thank You, BRP!
Great very well explained video helped me out a lot Thank you
Does the large adjustment knob clear the bars on your sub mount?
I have one on my KLR650 its cool specially on crazy unsealed roads that are corrugated and big pot holes 🕳 .
So is there a part number for that unit? Since there is a specific on road off road no resistance back to center…. Might be nice to have a part number.
great video. random question, why does it make sense for the off road version to provide no resistance when returning to center but on a road motorcycle it does give resistance when returning to center? as an off road guy, it seems even the street guys would want the same. what am I missing? thanks.
When riding in dirt it is mre common for the rider to need to counter steer the bike. The free to center allows the rider to counter steer more easily and without any resistance.
because on road you are riding faster and don't want twitchy steering. The point of a stabilizer is to reduce twitchiness. in slower off road, you're riding much slower and moving the steering left/right more often and therefore need no restrictions to turn left/right. But you want the high-speed dampening to reduce unwanted deflections that would throw off your steering
But dampers can also reduce the affects of deflection at slow speed, such as from hitting large rocks with the front wheel or clipping trees with the handlebars, so wouldn’t it make sense to reduce the damping rather than totally turning it off (like the Precision Parabolic)? I’m in the market for a damper now and like the Scott’s, but I’m not sure about my slow speed damping changing so much between sweeping out and returning to centre.
well done thanks
why do u recommend for 1290 sar i take off-road
The BPR site does not give years for bikes. The KX has changed from from 2020 to 2021. You can’t just assume one size fits all. I’m not going to buy something unless I know it fits.
Confused as hell how does it work??? Like just that box mounted to your handle bars how is that supposed to do anything I mean if it had something connected to the frame like a shock or something I would see how it could work but just that I don’t understand what give it dampening
It’s mounted to the frame also
Just sent them my dampner for service.