[Andy.H]

Cool. Which one was it and how much?

I asked the bloke who sets up my suspension once about refurbing an OE damper and he said it's rarely worth the bother. He can't guarantee the components or the quality and some are just throw away and not designed to be worked on. He said he's taken factory fitted dampers apart before and found they didn't even have a plunger in them, just a blank rod moving in oil doing absolutely fuck all.
Buy a proper one and buy once was his advice. He rates all things Mupo too, by the way.

I like the idea of a progressive unit. Nice to keep the low-speed house fly lightness of the SDR. I'm guessing you don't get much change out of £500 though...

Yes please post up some info Charlie. Also does it mount same place as stock?

Damper is def my next buy.

Just had a sneaky hour on the 690, first ride of the year and had a sharp reminder of how important they are after a properly choppy landing. I have one of these Scott’s dampers on it, easy to adjust on the fly and has high speed and low speed dampening adjustment, and sweep adjustment. Saved me countless times from a big slapper and massively smooths out the ride.

Not sure if they do a mounting bracket for the Sdr, will have a look tonight.

What everyone else is running would be good to hear about too.

Remember the first damper I bought, for my 03 r6, a second hand Ohlins one. Absolutely transformed the ride....Sdr would be a much better bike for a good one, front end is mega twitchy.

 

[Andy.H]

Knapper and Andy
Rottweiler produce a fixing bracket for the Scott's damper. That would be the No1 damper. If only it was black. Adjustable on the fly.
Hyperpro produce a reactive damper which has good reports.
I went for the Mupo S01. Direct from Suspension - Mupo Suspension - UK Exclusive Distributors
They had a sale on in Feb, 20% off. But prices have also gone up since then.
Fits in the same position as stock. I've adjusted my steering lock stops slightly as I have an evotech rad guard and it was just touching it.

Shroppie
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Good one cheers, just had a look. £500 give or take with a modified ignition cover, adjuster knob and security bolts. Plus the import charges and postage obviously. Pricey but a class bit of kit.

Agree, they really need to produce an anodised black one! They are small and neat looking though, maybe a little bit of gold on an sdr wouldn’t be too bad....I might just rest my 690 one on it to have a look....

 

[Andy.H]

Pricey too those mupo dampers! Nearly £500. P3 Tuning have them on their site for £285 though, seems weirdly way cheaper than everyone else? Are there different types?

 

[Andy.H]

Pricey too those mupo dampers! Nearly £500. P3 Tuning have them on their site for £285 though, seems weirdly way cheaper than everyone else? Are there different types?

Snap it up. Mine has a black clamp bracket. That's all I can see in the picture. Compare the small print. They might of updated them, but I'd never know the difference if they have. Bargain. Mine was in that ballpark.

If I was to spend 500, I'd probably go for the Scott's.

Mupo do three dampers under the same name.

S01
S02
S03

Priced accordingly by the looks. P3 Tuning are selling the S01, probably still a good damper, especially for the money.

I had a look at the WP one too but it will only fit with the racing triple clams which are nearly £500...so fuck that!

The high speed damping on the scotts (although gold!) will prob swing it for me as you can have the high speed damping ramped right up for when you really need it and the low speed adjustable on the fly if you suddenly want a bit more manoeuvre ability.