Steering dampener

The photos are fairly self explanatory. The geometry was a bitch and i can see why therE are very few if any dampeners installed on these frames. A rider in Japan has a youtube video that shows his method of install but I prefered a mounting that had the articulating joints at 90 degrees when the wheel was straight for max. effectiveness through the entire sweep of the steering head.

clever use of a Half Inch wobble joint.

"clever use of a Half Inch wobble joint".

Wondered if some one would notice that. It's actually two 1/4" socket universal joints married together. The design used threaded pins (with a socket head) that were easy to remove. From the two I made one that had female ends. The rest is clear in the pictures.
The pins in the articulating points required some tweaking as there was a bit of play in them. Some brass shim was used to make some "bushings" which dealt with this.
The radiator made this mod a challenge.

So how does it perform?

I'll be putting some insurance on the bike in the next few weeks so I'll keep the forum informed. years ago I had two situations where high-speed wobble could have been a serious problem - fortunately it wasn't and I don't ride "like that" anymore but the challenge to mount one has been there for years. Nothing more then seeing if it could be done !

Just thought I'd mention, because of the sidecar and no leading link, I looked at putting a steering damper on, most of the ones I could buy for a bike just didn't have the stroke length I needed for the 13, I ended up getting a steering damper for a VW Beetle, reasonable price and I just had to modify one end with a ball joint, it's dampened in both directions but no adjustment, it worked for me but I've never had any wobble with the chair on so I guess it must be set up well, cheers Pete.
P.S. photo shows the longest stroke bike dampener and the VW one beside it