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Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:16 pm
by corrado
It means that they "damp" in both directions. Lambretta ones are designed to damp only one way, the fork spring should absorb the road surface and the shock absorber slows down the rebound of the spring. It should push in with no resistance and show resistance when pulled outwards.
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:43 pm
by tea5ive
it means they are wrong, you need damping on the rebound not on compresion
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:51 am
by DigDug
It's really a matter of personal preference isn't it?
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:48 am
by coaster
DigDug wrote:It's really a matter of personal preference isn't it?
I haven't personally tried them but I have read that having damping in both directions can cause the wheel to skip on uneven surfaces.
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:04 am
by DigDug
coaster wrote:DigDug wrote:It's really a matter of personal preference isn't it?
I haven't personally tried them but I have read that having damping in both directions can cause the wheel to skip on uneven surfaces.
Uneven surfaces - shouldn't be a problem in the UK then.....
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 1:39 pm
by Doom Patrol
corrado wrote:It means that they "damp" in both directions. Lambretta ones are designed to damp only one way, the fork spring should absorb the road surface and the shock absorber slows down the rebound of the spring. It should push in with no resistance and show resistance when pulled outwards.
Ah, like the ScootRS ones.
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 3:34 pm
by corrado
^^^ Ed Zackery.
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 3:39 pm
by corrado
corrado wrote:These look decent value "lowered" ones and adjustable so maybe better suited on the lowest settings for a Lambretta. They do look very "Fat" though.
Adding the link would have been a good idea.
http://www.minisport.com/gazgta236b12-g ... -each.html
They're damp and rebound adjustable, don't know if they can be adjusted separately but switching the damp to the lowest setting [of 36] might may them work ok. I just thinking aloud really trying to convince myself.
The scoot had hyper-extended scootrs ones on anyway so they these can only be an improvement. Now where can I get some 9mm nuts? Didn't spot any on fleabay.
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:21 pm
by servetakid
Those are the ones I run.
You cant use them with the rubber boot as they are too fat, and you may need to file/grind down the weld seem on the forks otherwise they wont sit right.
Performance wise they are much better than the knackered originals I had, but cant compare what they are like to say the BGM items.
I believe the SPAX ones are closer to the original items.
Re: Spanish "Fat" dampers / Mini Dampers.
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:03 pm
by Nic
corrado wrote:corrado wrote:These look decent value "lowered" ones and adjustable so maybe better suited on the lowest settings for a Lambretta. They do look very "Fat" though.
Adding the link would have been a good idea.
http://www.minisport.com/gazgta236b12-g ... -each.html
They're damp and rebound adjustable, don't know if they can be adjusted separately but switching the damp to the lowest setting [of 36] might may them work ok. I just thinking aloud really trying to convince myself.
The scoot had hyper-extended scootrs ones on anyway so they these can only be an improvement. Now where can I get some 9mm nuts? Didn't spot any on fleabay.
Beedspeed sell them