Anyone replace the stock steering damper?

Hmmm.

Have you dialed in your suspension already? If not that could be part of the problem as well.

My shake was practically eliminated after getting my suspension setup properly.

Every now and then on really windy days I still get a little shake but nothing that bothers me.

Yeah, I reached out to my guy, he's working one of the MotoAmerica teams this weekend at Road Atlanta, so I should get the quote from him next week and go from there. I am thinking K-Tech springs and valving up front, and either a K-Tech or Nitron shock spring for my weight. The Nitron comes with that same turquois blue spring that matches my rims...

Ok so as someone who basically only rides this bike agresively on the track and in canyons, here's my two cents.

The bike does have a loose front end with some head wobble as pretty much all naked/stand up bikes will. That's what you sacrifice with these bikes. You sacrifice a more comfortable riding position for a less agresive front rake angle on a supersport that would otherwise be more stable and will have less head shake and feel more planted in the front end.

Now with that in mind, for owning this bike for 5 years now and driving it over all types of bumps and through all types of different situations, whether dragging knee trail braking or on a gentle spirited ride, I have yet to run into an issue with almost losing the front end do to front end wobble or the loose steering. Yes the steering will feel loose, yes you will get head wobble if you hit a bump mid turn, but the bike is GREAT at quickly straightening it out. Where the head wobble could be detrimental is if you reacted incorrectly to it vs basically just do nothing and let the bike sort it out (the bikes physics want to set the wheel straight again).

So what you're experiencing is normal. And on a bike that is properly set up with it's suspension tuned, it should be manageable.

I've yet to have any type of tank slapper or near tank slapper doing wheelies or hitting dips or bumps that make you go airborne. 

So basically, its my opinion that the stock steering damper is sufficient enough for non-racing and probably intermediate level track riding. Is it a good damper? No. No stock dampers are good. But you might end up with a tighter steering bike that's harder to turn in with an aftermarket steering damper which could have a tendency to run the bike wide trying to "fix" a problem which is just merely a natural tendency on naked/stand up bikes.

At the end of the day, to each their own. Your riding comfort and confidence is the one of the most important factors in your success on a motorcycle. So you need to do what you need to do to keep you confident on that bike.

Quick and easy for me. You get used to it. Coming from cruisers to sport bikes, you appreciate the nimbleness and adjust. Never even thought about replacing it, but took some relearning how to ride.  Probably two months for me to adjust to the twitchy front end.  Love it just the way it is now.  Could I make it better probably, do I want to relearn my bike again, probably not. 

That’s cool, as we all have our comfort zone. I may think about doing it some day to see the difference, but probably should get my stock suspension dialed or replaced with better stuff.  That was going to be my next area to play with, though it serves me well now. 

Yeah, I am waiting on a quote from GMD Computrack to replace the shock with a properly sprung Nitron or K-Tech unit, as well as K-Tech cartridges and springs up front...  Of course by the time I am done with all this stuff, I probably should have just bought the SP model, but oh well...  lol

Not that I've seen anywhere. I didn't even know the second gen ditched the electronic

Got to play a bit today with the new damper installed. MUCH BETTER. No head shake or wonkiness...