Well explained, thank you! Section 8 of the MABDR has a road that has big rocks, my forearms hurt by the time I’m done with that road! Really interested in getting one.
Extremely through - Greatly appreciated 👍🏾 Using the Ralle-Moto MSC steering dampers on both my 500 EXC & R1200GSA from Vaughn over in Australia. They are a small shop that produces their own CNC billet parts for the dampers. I like their stuff.
Tried to leave it on but the front of it has a large bracket bulging out for the nav tower mounting and the headlight mask doesn’t fit on top of it. You can use it but need to take the headlight connector and bulb out. I needed lights for travelling...
KS Tools, but whatever torque wrench you get you should find a place to calibrate it every couple years, or go on eBay and search for torque wrench calibration so you can ship it out and have it sent back to you calibrated.
No, I believe that diagram is for a different bike. On the EXC-F you just grease the pin and it slides in, the steering damper arm itself prevents it from coming out. It should also freely move around in the seat. Not loosely but it shouldn’t have resistance either.
@@SilkRider cool! Thank you :-) l have just purchased the same kit from KTM hardparts for a 300 tpi ...... no instructions and l couldn't find any info online. Thanks for taking the time to post the video of fitment - its the best one l could find ....... subscribed! 👍
P.S - l think that the throttle cable guide is a good addition to thd set up ....... l know that the cables cause wear ordinarily without a bar pad, so the damper will get rub marks as well unless fitted with a guide - scotts and rally raid sell them (slavens and triple clamp as well l think) thanks again.
@@agee8322 very cool! Yes I have noticed the throttle cables get caught on the damper when they are in a very specific spot as you turn the handlebars. But for me the problem goes away when the half shells holding the cables to the throttle grip are rotated just right (there’s a printed diamond that should be facing directly upward on the KTM grips) otherwise the guide isn’t a bad thing to add if you’re riding hard
@@SilkRider Hi - when you are back from your current adventure, could you do me a favour please? Measure the distance between the fitting kit stem bolt and underside of damper, to see how much clearance there is? My stem bolt has rounded off! Rubbish metal, correct torx and torque etc. Waiting in a replacement. But, to make future maintenance easier, l was wondering if there is room to allow for drilling the stem nut and fitting an M10 hex bolt and nut so you can gat a socket on it. Hope that makes sense? Seems a rubbish design for a bit that would need to be undone for greasing up bearings ....... would be interested to know your thoughts. Cheers.
It’s the Proworks Quickload from 24mx. But I can’t find it on their US website... www.24mx.eu/motocross-accessories/motocross-accessories_c405/motocross-transport_c406/proworks-quickload-transport-system-125-500cc_pid-PM-0053953 I’m sure you can mount it to any flat bed vehicle, as long as both wheels are flat on the same surface, because the Quickload compresses the bike’s suspension and presses it onto the bed.
@@SilkRider The Proworks website says they don’t ship to the US but I saw something similar on the Taco Moto website called “BIKE BINDERZ DIRT BIKE TRANSPORT SYSTEM” that I am thinking of checking out tacomoto.co/collections/miscellaneous/products/bike-binderz-dirt-bike-transport-kit
They look like fine dampers although the Precision one looks like a convoluted mounting system. Most important is to have the necessary mounting hardware. Scott’s has worked for me because a) has the most adjustability so I can use my bike in rally, enduro or MX settings and b) it’s pretty easy to maintain and get spares for. But the most important thing is it stabilises your steering. The extras are good if you want more flexibility in multiple use cases. Also the MSC looks like it has around half the oil volume as the Scott’s. Scott’s is a relatively big damper because the increased oil volume means less fade when the oil heats up during heavy use. Same as brake fluid or suspension fluid heat fade.
@@miro_s well even if it’s a good torque wrench and it’s mechanical it needs to be calibrated maybe every 2 years. You either find a local machine or tool shop or search for torque wrench calibration on eBay and send it out to have it done.
For the Scotts damper? Easy, visit their site. If you mean the brackets to mount it to your bike, KTM sells it in their PowerParts catalog. I’m sure other makes have them available too.
@@firstamendmenttshirt4768 that’s no problem they’re right here www.scottsonline.com/Stabilizer_Parts.php Never heard of them malfunctioning but you do have to change the oil in them and maybe you just gave me the idea for my next video…
Well explained, thank you! Section 8 of the MABDR has a road that has big rocks, my forearms hurt by the time I’m done with that road! Really interested in getting one.
Extremely through - Greatly appreciated 👍🏾 Using the Ralle-Moto MSC steering dampers on both my 500 EXC & R1200GSA from Vaughn over in Australia. They are a small shop that produces their own CNC billet parts for the dampers. I like their stuff.
Great Video! Thanks!
What setting would you need on the steering damper on the road please ?
Really informative detailed Scott's tutorial. Installing a sub mount this weekend exc-f machine. Hey, what torque wrench is that? Brand? Thanks again.
KS Tools - German. I think if you get the torque wrench KTM sells as a PowerPart it’s actually just a rebranded KS Tools one
@@SilkRider thank you. I appreciate your reply.
Nice video :). Why did you switch from the rade rally kit scotts damper mount to the oem one?
Tried to leave it on but the front of it has a large bracket bulging out for the nav tower mounting and the headlight mask doesn’t fit on top of it. You can use it but need to take the headlight connector and bulb out. I needed lights for travelling...
@@SilkRider thanks makes sense
Thanks. Helpful. What type of torque wrench do you use? There is so much crap around.
KS Tools, but whatever torque wrench you get you should find a place to calibrate it every couple years, or go on eBay and search for torque wrench calibration so you can ship it out and have it sent back to you calibrated.
Hi - did you need to use any of those grub type bolts to raise height of pin on the bracket? The parts catalogue shows the two grub bolts. Thanks!
No, I believe that diagram is for a different bike. On the EXC-F you just grease the pin and it slides in, the steering damper arm itself prevents it from coming out. It should also freely move around in the seat. Not loosely but it shouldn’t have resistance either.
@@SilkRider cool! Thank you :-) l have just purchased the same kit from KTM hardparts for a 300 tpi ...... no instructions and l couldn't find any info online. Thanks for taking the time to post the video of fitment - its the best one l could find ....... subscribed! 👍
P.S - l think that the throttle cable guide is a good addition to thd set up ....... l know that the cables cause wear ordinarily without a bar pad, so the damper will get rub marks as well unless fitted with a guide - scotts and rally raid sell them (slavens and triple clamp as well l think) thanks again.
@@agee8322 very cool! Yes I have noticed the throttle cables get caught on the damper when they are in a very specific spot as you turn the handlebars. But for me the problem goes away when the half shells holding the cables to the throttle grip are rotated just right (there’s a printed diamond that should be facing directly upward on the KTM grips) otherwise the guide isn’t a bad thing to add if you’re riding hard
@@SilkRider Hi - when you are back from your current adventure, could you do me a favour please? Measure the distance between the fitting kit stem bolt and underside of damper, to see how much clearance there is? My stem bolt has rounded off! Rubbish metal, correct torx and torque etc. Waiting in a replacement. But, to make future maintenance easier, l was wondering if there is room to allow for drilling the stem nut and fitting an M10 hex bolt and nut so you can gat a socket on it. Hope that makes sense? Seems a rubbish design for a bit that would need to be undone for greasing up bearings ....... would be interested to know your thoughts. Cheers.
What kind of bike transport mount is it? Can it be used in a truck bed ?
It’s the Proworks Quickload from 24mx. But I can’t find it on their US website... www.24mx.eu/motocross-accessories/motocross-accessories_c405/motocross-transport_c406/proworks-quickload-transport-system-125-500cc_pid-PM-0053953
I’m sure you can mount it to any flat bed vehicle, as long as both wheels are flat on the same surface, because the Quickload compresses the bike’s suspension and presses it onto the bed.
@@SilkRider The Proworks website says they don’t ship to the US but I saw something similar on the Taco Moto website called “BIKE BINDERZ DIRT BIKE TRANSPORT SYSTEM” that I am thinking of checking out tacomoto.co/collections/miscellaneous/products/bike-binderz-dirt-bike-transport-kit
Thanks. Sucks that they don’t ship to US. The system looks awesome tho
What do you think of the MSC damper and the precision one? Thanks
They look like fine dampers although the Precision one looks like a convoluted mounting system. Most important is to have the necessary mounting hardware. Scott’s has worked for me because a) has the most adjustability so I can use my bike in rally, enduro or MX settings and b) it’s pretty easy to maintain and get spares for. But the most important thing is it stabilises your steering. The extras are good if you want more flexibility in multiple use cases.
Also the MSC looks like it has around half the oil volume as the Scott’s. Scott’s is a relatively big damper because the increased oil volume means less fade when the oil heats up during heavy use. Same as brake fluid or suspension fluid heat fade.
that is one clean effin bike dude, make me feel bad bro....:)
Yep lots of brake cleaner involved…
Nice video thanks. What brand/model is your torque wrench?
KS Tools
Few things are worse than not trusting your torque wrench. And I don’t trust my cheap one.
@@miro_s well even if it’s a good torque wrench and it’s mechanical it needs to be calibrated maybe every 2 years. You either find a local machine or tool shop or search for torque wrench calibration on eBay and send it out to have it done.
Try getting parts for it.
For the Scotts damper? Easy, visit their site. If you mean the brackets to mount it to your bike, KTM sells it in their PowerParts catalog. I’m sure other makes have them available too.
@@SilkRider no I am talking about if it malfunctions or something happen to it parts are not available.
@@firstamendmenttshirt4768 that’s no problem they’re right here www.scottsonline.com/Stabilizer_Parts.php
Never heard of them malfunctioning but you do have to change the oil in them and maybe you just gave me the idea for my next video…