Has anybody seen a steering damper for the Trail 125?
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Steering Damper?
- Thread starter TrailBoss
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I've seen photos online of the YSS ones, they're also available on Webike.
It might help with deflection if you're bouncing the front wheel off of rocks or riding in ruts, but if that's not your regular use of the bike it might get in your way with regular riding.
I've been thrown from a bike doing a tank slapper before and other times have been luckier and pulled out of it. The Honda Trail seems very low risk for going into a death wobble. Maybe if you run something over at top speed or have a damaged front wheel, but the closest inkling to that I've felt on the trail has been tramlining with knobby tires on rough grooved roads or metal bridge grates.
I'd say skip it unless those are regular issues for your bike, and even then something is probably out of whack.
It might help with deflection if you're bouncing the front wheel off of rocks or riding in ruts, but if that's not your regular use of the bike it might get in your way with regular riding.
I've been thrown from a bike doing a tank slapper before and other times have been luckier and pulled out of it. The Honda Trail seems very low risk for going into a death wobble. Maybe if you run something over at top speed or have a damaged front wheel, but the closest inkling to that I've felt on the trail has been tramlining with knobby tires on rough grooved roads or metal bridge grates.
I'd say skip it unless those are regular issues for your bike, and even then something is probably out of whack.