[Silly Little Cars] Steering

Alec Bennett via Silly_little_cars silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
Thu Sep 3 22:57:28 PDT 2015


It shouldn't feel white knuckle at 45. Mine is so smooth (assuming the road is) that if I'm on a highway type road I have to keep reminding myself to slow it down. 

I had my forks rebuilt by jerry at tin chariot in San Francisco, he does some sort of voodoo that makes them really stable. 



> On Sep 3, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Flinters Roo via Silly_little_cars <silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com> wrote:
> 
> They do move a lot on the forks.  My 97 bounces badly up front and can cause the wheel to skip if I hit it bumps wrong.  Supposedly the forks were rebuilt and I have the paperwork for it, but geez, the thing is rabbit on the bumps.
> 
> I do like the low end acceleration though!  Beats out my Cushmans easily.
> 
> -Vegaman Dan
> 97 Interceptor
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:56 PM, sigmaz_1 at yahoo.com <silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com> wrote:
>> Got my 08 registered today.
>> I took it for a quick ride and I must say it's peppy.
>> The one thing that makes me uneasy is the steering and it's ability to gallop and start to tank slap (without a better analogy) I noticed this rig has a steering dampened but the mount is broken.
>> My question is. Are dampeners put on at the factory or was this one added on?
>> Also will it dramatically improve the steering manageability?
>> I was only able to take it to about 45 before it became a white knuckle hellride.
>> My goal would be to be able to cruise around at 55-60 without clinching my teeth.
>> 
>> Thanks for your input. 
>> 
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