Steering Dampers

[roostafish]

Let me start by clarifying something. A steering damper is a damper, like a shock, I don't care what one company calls it, it's a damper, not a dampener. A dampener is something that makes something damp, or wet.

Stepping off my soapbox and lesson in English.

I run a damper. Have had the WER, and now run a Scotts. I do enjoy the "safe" feeling it provides, but I run mine on a very low setting as well as hasslbri, as mentioned in the ec300 comparisons thread. I have found that since running one, I can run without one and ride just the same. It's strange, occassionally I'll ride a bike without a damper and think the bike is seriously messed up because it feels so loose, but the trick of tightening the headset would cure that. It would indeed save a grip of cash if one didn't need a damper wouldn't it.