Scooterotica

Anyone used a pair of these Qustom Daytone front dampers ???, just wondered if they were any good or worth the money ?

hate em. the adjuster is super fragile and can break easily.the pair i had were not revalued correctly and had an uneven amount of pressure. besides that fact that they seemed to do no dampening at all. i ditch them and went back to indian dampers.

i've talked to countless others here who have said the same thing. i've riden on a bike using the ohlins and liked those quite a bit. they are incredibly spendy though.

Have you got info on the ohlins ones Mark ??

Bought a set of the above dampers and one snapped in half after 75km's.....enough said!

mickeyb wrote:Bought a set of the above dampers and one snapped in half after 75km's.....enough said!

The Qustoms or the Ohlins ???

Ohlins SD110 is what your after. I'm an Ohlins dealer so if you need any info let me know. They are a steering damper same as the Daytonas. They're just regarded as being the best and are priced accordingly - which means they are insanely expensive because you need two in this case.

MarkH wrote:Ohlins SD110 is what your after. I'm an Ohlins dealer so if you need any info let me know. They are a steering damper same as the Daytonas. They're just regarded as being the best and are priced accordingly - which means they are insanely expensive because you need two in this case.

What sort of money are we looking at ? do you need to make up some special brackets ?

Sitting down?

$700 for a pair - all they need is a bushing at one end and they fit straight on. I basically make nothing on these - that's why they've never been on the site.

Qustom

Surely even the Ohlins steering damper will work in both directions (compression and rebound). Why would you want it to damp on the compression? You will only strain the mountings or break the whole damper in half. Isn't that what happend to the Qustom item?

The OE dampers compress without any resistance, but resist being stretched. This is what dampers do. Suspension dampers and steering dampers are designed to perform different functions. Don't get them mixed up.

If you want good dampers, get hold of a pair of fat Servetta ones, or investigate the new dampers from Rich Presley.