Damper choices??? - Ducati.ms

rummaggio · May 4th, 2009, 9:51 pm

forgive me for a reiteration of the topic, give it to me for being a HYM rookie. Just bought one on Friday and understand from many that a Damper is a necessity. With the choices of Scotts, Ohlins, DP, M4, GPR - how does one differentiate one from the other (Scotts/DPR) as well as technology (rotary from linear)? Since I have never used one, it is all new. Personally I like the look of the linear mount

Secondly, with the Rotary, how much does it change bar-height and is that an issue in terms of geometry?

thanks for the schooling.

08hyper · May 4th, 2009, 10:14 pm

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Originally Posted by rummaggio

forgive me for a reiteration of the topic, give it to me for being a HYM rookie. Just bought one on Friday and understand from many that a Damper is a necessity. With the choices of Scotts, Ohlins, DP, M4, GPR - how does one differentiate one from the other (Scotts/DPR) as well as technology (rotary from linear)? Since I have never used one, it is all new. Personally I like the look of the linear mount

Secondly, with the Rotary, how much does it change bar-height and is that an issue in terms of geometry?

thanks for the schooling.

I use the Scotts dampener, its a submount unit, nicely tucks in, well made and works well, and will raise the bars 3/8 of an inch, but I did not notice it, the Ohlins is a top mount, and to me look like it was just stuck up there, (bulky) but the dampener unit is the same as Scotts. The Ohlins linear model is nice, but I did not like the amount of space it takes up. Aloha Alex

Borracho · May 4th, 2009, 10:22 pm

+1 on the Scott's unit and it was cheaper than the Ohlin's piston style damper from Ducati.

**Da_Bull** · May 4th, 2009, 10:29 pm

Just bought the Scotts from Motovation ... $545

Made by Ohlins

bromike666 · May 4th, 2009, 10:36 pm

Dan Kyle Ohlins FTW!!!

Endoz · May 4th, 2009, 10:40 pm

Scotts rotary with mounts on all my bikes. Pretty robust unit, I run it 8th position out from fully in if i remember correctly, love it. Don't have a mount for the hyper yet but it will be one of the first mods I do.

oalvarez · May 4th, 2009, 10:52 pm

ohlins + linear + dan kyle = the motha fo shiz redonki, beyotchie!

freezer16801 · May 4th, 2009, 11:11 pm

I never had one ounce of headshake on the Hyper, so I can't see how essentual it is compared to proper suspension setup (as close as you can get with our crappy forks). I don't do too many wheelies but ride plenty fast. Regardless, I would go with the scott's rotary variety since you can buy a mount for whatever bike you own and easily swap it back and forth.