| Mike is right, ST's are not at all 'slappy' and I can't imagine needing a steering damper on mine. If the ride height adjuster is on it's shortest setting, that is definitely your problem. Setting the ride height so that the rear wheel just grazes the ground when the bike is on the centre stand is the way to go, I got carried away with mine and set it stupidly high on the basis that 'more is better' but in fact 'more is just too much'. I had the same problem as you with the adjuster rod and it was because the ally and steel had corroded together. I took the rod off, got it all apart and filled up the middle of the tube with Waxoyl, it's been fine ever since. BTW, may be teaching you to suck eggs, but the bottom thread is left handed, so if you're turning it anticlockwise to try and loosen it, you're going the wrong way. |