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Advice on SEVERE tank slap
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 323" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Tank slappers</strong></p><p></p><p>This has been beaten to death on Jtan. Rather than argue about what caused it, make sure it never happens again, and FIT AN HYDRAULIC STEERING DAMPER. I have experienced several tank-slappers, none on Vincents, and they aren't experiences i'm keen to repeat. The last, on my 60th birthday, courtesy of a Guzzi Le Mans, put me in hospital for 10 days and bloody nearly broke my neck. So almost the first thing I did, and before i ever rode the bike, was to fit one to my Shadow. I reckon that indeed it might never happen, and indeed it ought not to happen. But if it does it could be fatal. Fatal isn't curable.</p><p></p><p>There are details in FYO or OTY, but basically you need a generic Kawasaki steering damper (about £40), a bracket on the two left hand head bolts to secure the body stud, and a plate where the friction damper is to carry the other end. The plate is located by the spigot that locates the friction discs (which are removed) and prevented from rotating by two capscrews into holes drilled and tapped into the two blind bosses conveniently placed in exactly the right place. It took about 4 hours to make everything (with hand tools) and fit it. You have to look very hard to see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 323, member: 4034"] [b]Tank slappers[/b] This has been beaten to death on Jtan. Rather than argue about what caused it, make sure it never happens again, and FIT AN HYDRAULIC STEERING DAMPER. I have experienced several tank-slappers, none on Vincents, and they aren't experiences i'm keen to repeat. The last, on my 60th birthday, courtesy of a Guzzi Le Mans, put me in hospital for 10 days and bloody nearly broke my neck. So almost the first thing I did, and before i ever rode the bike, was to fit one to my Shadow. I reckon that indeed it might never happen, and indeed it ought not to happen. But if it does it could be fatal. Fatal isn't curable. There are details in FYO or OTY, but basically you need a generic Kawasaki steering damper (about £40), a bracket on the two left hand head bolts to secure the body stud, and a plate where the friction damper is to carry the other end. The plate is located by the spigot that locates the friction discs (which are removed) and prevented from rotating by two capscrews into holes drilled and tapped into the two blind bosses conveniently placed in exactly the right place. It took about 4 hours to make everything (with hand tools) and fit it. You have to look very hard to see it. [/QUOTE]
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