Steering stop and steering dampers

[FourFour]

Hello all,
My steering stop lug was replaced by my paint guy before he sprayed my frame but it has subsequently been knocked off again.
He has done such a fantastic job of all the paintwork that welding another one on would be messy and destroy the paintwork around the headstock.
Obviously, I don't want to be without a steering stop of any kind as my beautiful new tank will get damaged.

Any ideas?
I have heard that fitting a steering damper could solve the problem as it can be set with limited travel i.e. stops. and give the added benefit of improved steering ......though I will not be getting my kneedown on the this bike. From what I remember the exhaust and pegs ground out way before my short knees reach the floor!!

Has anyone fitted a steering damper to a sohc and can recommend one for me.

Cheers
Ian

[hairygit]

I can't swear to it, Bryan J will know for certain, but I seem to recall a missing lock stop is an M.O.T. failiure, not sure if a steering damper will satisfy them.

[Clem2112]

I broke a lug off my 400 after a meeting with a Ford Fiesta many years ago.

I was an apprentice doing workshop training at the time .....made one from mild steel bar,  turned a post, filed it to the right shape and driled a locating hole in the yoke. Dab of superglue to secure it and black paint ..... It never came adrift !

Never needed a damper... But I remember that the footpeg came up with little lean.

[Bryanj]

Yup, no lock stop is a fail, also one bent enough for bars to touch tank

[Trigger]

I would wield it back up. You can protect the paint on the lower yoke with putty as you wield. The custom boys when doing a slab yoke drill a hole, tap a thread and but a allen bolt in to use as a stop.

[Lynx]

Drill a hole through the yoke where the lock stop locates, tap a hole into the bottom of the lock stop and bolt on from underneath. I'd use a 5mm bolt with loctite. You should never use a steering damper to act as the lock stop. In fact it would probably still fail the MOT. Good luck.

[matthewmosse]

I had two bikes with steering dampers fitted where the damper stopped the steering marginally before the lock stop, marginally. On both it broke the steering damper eventually. I must say I took a while to notice both times, and I couldn't tell the difference handling wise though my dad did.

[FourFour]

Thanks for the advice folks.
Looks like I will either have to weld a new stop onto the frame headstock and damage the new paint job or drill into it and put in some steel pins and try and put a block onto these. Though the later could cause problems with the bottom roller bearings.
Gonna have to think long and hard about this. Maybe ned to speak to my paint guy first.

Cheers
Ian

[Lynx]

Or buy and fit a replacement stem!