With the new ride height and wheelbase length the stock steering damper just doesn’t cut it anymore. Under 40 it’s useless and at freeway speeds/under power the bars move more/easier than I’d like them too.
Anyone swapped the stocker out for an ohlins or anything yet?
The steering damper's job is to stop uncontrolled oscillations, not apply friction to slow down steering movement in general. However, if the geometry that is contributing to excessive jitteryness is truly how you want it, I suppose that you must go in this direction.
A heavier front wheel will track better, but unless the rims are CF then this is unhelpful.
Just like with adjusting fork damping, different viscosity oils can be used to significantly alter the effects of the damper. Here is a discussion I randomly found where some thoughtful effects are brought up, like compromises for outside temperature:
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