Steering damper on My rd400

[Czakky]

Head shakes. Low weight on the front followed by axial(?) (sideways) force usually. Could be a bump, railroad tracks a pigeon? Something. No bueno.

[Organicjedi]

Keeps your bars and wheel steady when hitting bumps or if the front end gets light. Prevents the dreaded tank slapper.

[SUPERTUNE]

Big Dave,
You can ride the bike way more aggressive without feeling un-planted.
Once you have a good steering dampner and get used to it, you won't like not having one on a RD.
C

[Redbird]

Think of it like a shock absorber. With light/easy input, it moves freely. With fast/heavy input, it gets harder to move.

[m in sc]

yup. adds stability, literally. so, if you hit tar snakes or front end gets light, it wont start to oscillate.

I went way overboard and fit a scotts damper on my rd, on the bottom of the tree.

[retaRD]

Adding a steering damper is one of the top few things I've done to my bike, and I've done a lot to my bike.