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I just bought a used WER damper and was curious how the rest of you who use one mounted it. I want to try to avoid cutting my number plate if possible. Thanks.

There are some pictures here:

http://kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=13840

I've looked at those ones. Looking for more variety. Especially ones with number plates instead of headlights.

There's not a great many mounting options, since you can only bolt the damper on in one spot. Between the fender and lower triple. I can't see any way to avoid some cutting of the number plate to clear the arm, unless you have a number plate that you can raise up a bit.

If I have to cut it I will, it will be worth it having a damper. We will see. I just want to see others with the plate/headlight on for ideas. I have 04-up kx fender and number plate on my bike so there seems to be some room between the forks and rear of the plate. I'll find out how it fits when it gets here! Stoked to get it on!

what exactly does a steering dampener do anyways?

It's a stabilizer, basically. Prevents the bars from being jerked out of your hands when hitting rocks, roots, etc. They are very effective, assuming the suspension has been set up correctly.

An hydraulic steering damper does for your steering what the hydraulic dampers in your forks and swing arm do for the suspension. Back in the day, bikes had friction steering dampers. These were stationary and movable friction disks, kind of like clutch disks. The friction was adjustable with a big knob that came up through the steering head stem. As Julien said, these make the steering more controlable in rough conditions. I should add "when working properly." I could tell you a story of one that, after hitting a good bump, suddenly went from not working to working all too well, but that would be an OFB.

how does the steering feel with one of these installed and properly adjusted?

im having a hard time envisioning it but in my mind it would feel like a dirtbike with the steering stem overtightened

It feels like a steering stem overtighened, but does not have dampening all the way to the steering stops. Some like the wer only dampen one direction and not back to center.

This is a pic of one on my hybrid

Cool, thanks for the pic! What weight of oil are you running in yours?

5 that's what they recommend for enduro bikes.

Cool. I'll post pics when I get it done next week.

here is one i found online, not my bike. not sure how much this will help

http://www.bryankimsey.com/dirtbikes/KDX/KDX_UFO_1.JPG

My WER works very well on my 2004. Here's a photo of mine with a UFO headlight/numberplate slightly altered to fit the stabilizer.

Got my damper in the other day. I should have it installed by the weekend and take it for a spin. I'll post picks when I'm done. Thanks for the pics guys.

Ok, got it mounted. Here's some pics. We will see how it works this weekend!

Went riding this weekend and tested it out. i couldnt really feel it help until i turned it up all the way, but once there it definetly helped keep the wheel straight in the rocks at speed and even saved my neck in a couple cross rutted situations! it didnt hamper being able to turn sharp quickly either. so id say money well spent considering ive got less than 100$ in it. any more $ than that i would just save and get a gpr or scotts.