steering damper/ stabilizer

florian · Post by **florian** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:52 pm

Hello,

Is there any steering damper/ stabilizer which fits the paso 750? I sometimes experience instabilities of the front wheel, I guess due to the size of 16 inches. Has anybody in here mounted a stabilizer on his paso?

Thanks, Florian.

Post by **jcslocum** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:27 pm

Has the suspension been set properly?

I get a little head shake if I take my hands off the bars at speed but nothing serious.

persempre907 · Post by **persempre907** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:50 pm

Perhaps, are the tires worn?
Above all, the rear tire worn can do it.
Ciao

Gwenadu · Post by **Gwenadu** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:57 pm

If this happen when your decelerate, perhaps your front wheel is bad balanced or you have an old front tire got out of shape.

Alain.

ducapaso · Post by **ducapaso** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:22 pm

Maibe some trouble in steering bearing?

jomo · Post by **jomo** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:52 am

All of the above are correct, but tyre pressure (I run 31 psi front, 36 rear) and correct fork oil and amount are also important.

If your bike has the Marzocchi forks with the rebound dampening, try one click extra rebound. I found it perfect.

Next is to throw away the Michelin front tyre and fit a 130/70-16 from Bridgestone or Pirelli (I haven't bothered to try anything else) they are a big improvement and the don't shake when they are nearly worn out.

I should mention, this is on a 906 but it should be about the same on the 750.

On a rough road i.e. normal Australian road, nothing has ever kept up. A bit different on smooth roads unfortunately.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:50 am

Next is to throw away the Michelin front tyre and fit a 130/70-16 from Bridgestone or Pirelli[quote][/quote]

Are these a good fit. Is there enough clearance for the mud guard?

I'm sorted for the next 2 years for back tires but need to find a solution for the front. It would be great to have some extra grip at the front too.

ducapaso · Post by **ducapaso** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:26 pm

you might need 1/4 inch spacers under the mudguard.. Any restriction there for uncorrect measure of tires? In europe, no chanches to pass periodical tecnical controls without 130/60-16 a59
and 160/60-13 m59 :ugh:

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:15 pm

Here no one would know if I had the correct tires on or not.

(you might need 1/4 inch spacers)

I didn't know they had 1/4 inches in Italy. We did well to go metric in 1967 but those inches keep hanging around

What I would really like to know is is there more grip and what is the feel.

Perhaps, are the tires worn?
Above all, the rear tire worn can do it.
Ciao

I have just replaced my back tire at 5000km with the wires starting to show and I will say that the handling just got better and better as the tire wore down. The compound got softer toward the middle.
I had much more wear on one side then the other and none of this affected the front end. I run 36 in the front tire and 38- 40 in the back.

My bike sits on the road like its on rails. What I'm saying is that none of these things should be causing your wobble. However when I bought the bike it was a pig, in that I felt I was fighting the steering all the time. It was falling into corners and coming out wide.

I put a new tire on the front and back at that time which made a big difference and I did the fork oil and took out the spacer at the top of the spring.

My tire on the front at the moment is as far worn as the one I took of last year but with none of the handling problems. So ether the suspension work worked or the last tire had a problem due to it being on the bike for some years. I think a bit of both.

Confused? I was too. Let it be known that these bike will give a comfortable, predictable, exciting and very enjoyable ride if all is set up well.

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