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<blockquote data-quote="BigEd" data-source="post: 158586" data-attributes="member: 161"><p>Phil Irving was supposed to have said something to the effect that there is a situation somewhere that might cause a tank slapper on a motorcycle.</p><p>Riders have the option of making changes to minimise the chance of this happening. Steering dampers and steering geometry changes would seem to make the likelihood of this happening on Vincent machines. I rode thousands of miles with just a standard Girdraulic fork geometry and friction steering damper without a tank slapper. Maybe I was just lucky but whatever, I have both a hydraulic steering damper and the modified steering head fitted now to eliminate or at least reduce the risk of steering-related problems.</p><p>There are few 100% guarantees in life but one for me is that I will definitely miss riding my motorcycles if\when I stop riding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigEd, post: 158586, member: 161"] Phil Irving was supposed to have said something to the effect that there is a situation somewhere that might cause a tank slapper on a motorcycle. Riders have the option of making changes to minimise the chance of this happening. Steering dampers and steering geometry changes would seem to make the likelihood of this happening on Vincent machines. I rode thousands of miles with just a standard Girdraulic fork geometry and friction steering damper without a tank slapper. Maybe I was just lucky but whatever, I have both a hydraulic steering damper and the modified steering head fitted now to eliminate or at least reduce the risk of steering-related problems. There are few 100% guarantees in life but one for me is that I will definitely miss riding my motorcycles if\when I stop riding. [/QUOTE]
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