just got a new scotts dampner will this thing loosen up ? or has anyone replaced the oil with a lighter grade

 

I always put thicker oil in mine.. All the way loose it should barely be on

 

the stiffer the better:YEAH

 

all the way soft on a scotts is the dampning off position, should be free to move, scotts is the only dampner u can turn off

 

I hate scotts.. has dead spot in it. I practically gave mine away lol

 

if its not on your bike yet it may feel stiff but on your bike it should hardly even be noticable on the lowest setting. i think its 24 clicks counterclockwise from from the hardest setting (it stops clicking turning it clockwise)

 

so it is simple to change , what oil does it come with

 

well its on the softest setting and its annoying, seems like its on to me

 

I've had 3 and rebled like 5 for people down here.. Not one of them has a dead spot. Thats what I love about them.

 

When you go from not having anything to having a dampener of corse it will feel stiff. You will get accustome to it.

 

ya mine doesnt have a dead spot at all

 

im prob going to get a hyperpro , hate the scotts

 

u can adjust the degree of were u want the dampening to start and stop from side to side so u might have it set up wrong if has dead spot in it, u can set it to only dampen in the center but when u turn the wheel it will lose dampening up to curtin degrees of the wheel turned, or u can set it to dampen from lock to lock

 

youre nuts.

 

Is the arm going to the tank mount long enough and have some space to move freely on the tank pivot bolt? If not it will feel like it binds up...Scotts IMO are excellent.

 

that might be my problem, seems to bind a little when i pass center , thanks

 

I like my scotts........if you think it's too stiff are you turning it more than one revolution? it's not like a gpr where all the settings are in one turn, I tend to like mine about 4 clicks off of full stiff.

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well there might be something wrong with my scotts then , cause 4clicks off full stiff feels like my steering is locked in place

 

If you have it mounted slightly wrong, it will feel that way. Make sure the base is flush with the triple and then adjust it all the way off and you should not even be able to tell there is a dampner on there. I love mine. Easy to use, no dead spot and great dampening. Only issue I have had is that if you wreck hard with it on, it will actually torque the whole assembly off line and you have to undo all those little allen head screws to get it back centered. A bit annoying, but it holds up to some abuse!

 

So would you boys Suggest a Scotts Over GPR??