PERFORMANCE DAMPNER ON 2016 VIPER

[Pjw350]

Since they make the sled faster then I will install both, By installing just the front I was hoping all the push would be gone. But since doing both makes it faster then I will do both. Smoothride your post sold me!!

Bfs- install the rear so im not the only one with 6 holes in the back if my tunnel

 

[BFS]

Funny you ask, that's the exact reason I didn't want to do the back. If the factory did it then I would have lived with it, since they didn't I have a choice. Do I make Pjw happy so he's not the only one or do I leave it off and have a nice clean tunnel.

 

[Pjw350]

Funny you ask, that's the exact reason I didn't want to do the back. If the factory did it then I would have lived with it, since they didn't I have a choice. Do I make Pjw happy so he's not the only one or do I leave it off and have a nice clean tunnel.

Install it- its a good conversation piece.

 

[BFS]

I'll think about while I'm doing the front one.

 

[Yamadog]

I find it totally ridiculous that in the day of 15,000 frame per second high def cameras they are selling a piece of hocus pocus with a cartoon of a car that is wobbling so bad the wheels should be falling off and people are actually buying it?????? If a sled or a car for that matter distorted as much as they are saying the sheet metal would look like class 5 rapids not to mention the frame metal fatigue.

 

[4StrokeAddict]

They hid a flux capacitor in it...

 

[Yamadog]

That explains it!

 

[cannondale27]

Offer to buy a setup still stands. I know my chassis flexes a lot. Even the Apex does. I have seen the rear Dampner with a mark almost 1/4in out. Feel able difference? I don't know but am curious.

 

[RTX]

Offer to buy a setup still stands. I know my chassis flexes a lot. Even the Apex does. I have seen the rear Dampner with a mark almost 1/4in out. Feel able difference? I don't know but am curious.

Yup i agree with you cannondale.
I know for a fact that chassis dampening works in cars, I have driven comparable vehicles with it and without it.
The difference is real and noticeable. Im sure the same technology crosses over to sleds
The problem is, if you dont have a baseline to reference from, then you cant tell its doing anything.
You need to drive the vehicles back to back then you can tell and its obvious.
Anyways. If any of you guys want to sell your magic shocks, your hocus pocus cylinders or what ever other silly names you want to give them i am willing to buy them.
Ill give you $150 shipped for them. Should be a great deal since they cost nothing and dont work.
Feel free to pm me.

Looks like them dummies over at lexus are buying into the hype too. Lol magic sticks!
http://d20tdhwx2i89n1.cloudfront.net/image/upload/t_attachment/nyuuf8pl1zb0veyufteb.pdf

 

[4StrokeAddict]

As I said in another post, I have little doubt that dampeners work. I flew helicopters for the army that had dampeners in them. One day, the one under my seat failed. It felt like my teeth were going to get vibrated out of my head.... As much as they do to remove vibration, they did little to nothing to smooth out the ride when encountering turbulence. Bumpy was still bumpy. At idle especially where machines run rough, I bet you will notice a difference. IF we are riding down a perfectly smooth trail, I bet you will notice a difference. If you are going down a trail in desperate need of grooming, I highly doubt you will notice an effect. Therefore, I don't see much point since its not helping you in the realm you care about.

Seems more like a marketing scheme. They should have said it has a flux capacitor in it. I'd buy it out of pure ridiculousness...

I hope I'm wrong... As an engineer, being wrong makes life exciting. Something to learn and a problem to solve..... Just hope not too exciting. Catastrophic failures can be scary....

 

[sk-rx1]

Installed mine yesterday. Seems odd that Yamaha would spend money if they did not work. They don't give away much. Interesting that the ends of the shocks are slotted, necessary for assembly tolerances I'm sure. If one was to loosen the bolt on one side or the other the shock would effectively be disconnected. Easy way to do a comparison, at least for the rear. I originally thought the rear did very little. But I'm sure the tunnel twists a bit as you go down the trail, when it does it seems the shock would have to move in and out.

 

[Woodward]

Mine still haven't come in yet picked up the sled about a month ago so guess I will wait a couple more weeks for them before I ask again, I plan on riding mine without then installing, to see if I can notice a difference or not. Will be sure to update when I do this. My dealer said they would install it, but I will just do it myself as well.

 

[BFS]

For the guys who installed theirs, instructions to cut zip tie on left front standing in front of the sled and relocate. Did you reroute that harness below the damper or above the damper?

 

[yamahaguy]

You guys need install your dampeners mid season so that you can report back with the before/after "feel" of the sled. There is no dough in my mind the dampener does something but can a human feel the difference riding down trail 7 in Michigan ?

 

[Pjw350]

For the guys who installed theirs, instructions to cut zip tie on left front standing in front of the sled and relocate. Did you reroute that harness below the damper or above the damper?

I honestly dont remember but i think the wires were left under it. there was enough slack in those wires were it wasnt an issue.