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So, I got a good deal on a Scotts Steering damper (Thanks Tony).
Didn't come with any of the mounting "stuff" so I decided to fab some up...
Here's the patient:
The triples have adjustable bars and you need to keep the damper centered on the steering tube. I didn't want to lose the adjustability of the bars by locking the damper into one position, so I made a part out of some 7075 that would allow the damper to slide back and forth depending on bar position (you can just barely see the grooves that allow it to slide in the pic. There are a pair of nuts (deeeeeeeez nuuuuts) on the underside that slide with the bolts when the damper needs to move. I love working with 7075. Great stuff. This is some "Fortal" I scored on fleabay for cheap. I wish I had bought more:
I didn't want to weld anything to my frame unless I had to... I also didn't have a big chunk of steel I could have bored a 2.5" hole in, so I machined a clamp out of 6061 to go around the head tube and kept the tolerance for the hole really tight... when you torque the bolts down it's pretty solid. I sat on it and jammed the bars back and forth with everything I had and couldn't get it to loosen up. I think it'll be good to go:
Behind the number plate: