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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: Pikejaw on June 08, 2014, 04:36:21 PM
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Hi, Has anyone assembled steering dumper to K75 or K100. If yee, I would be it rested in to hear comments.
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K75's have a steering dampener built into the steering head, the infamous "fluid bloc" The only ones I've seen on k100s were when they were used as sidecar tugs.
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K1 and K100RS16V also have a steering damper as standard, but also got a Marzocchi fork and other triple trees.
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K75's have a steering dampener built into the steering head, the infamous "fluid bloc" The only ones I've seen on k100s were when they were used as sidecar tugs.
Interesting -- I've considered getting a k100 to pull a sidecar instead of a K75 thinking the extra power would be a plus, all other things being more or less equal. But you're saying the 2v K100 has no stock steering damper while the k75 does? That's pretty huge -- I think I'd rather have the steering damper than the extra cylinder for my hack.
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My understanding was the K100 didn't need the dampener, but when they chopped a cylinder off to make the k75 the lighter weight on the front necessitated one. The K75 dampener is non adjustable, basically a fixed rubber sleeve around the steering stem with a very thick silicon grease providing the friction dampening. The K100 would make a better tug though you may have to add an external dampener.