Right and Left sway control a myth?

jerem0621 wrote:


Anyway, folks will discount the friction bars and thats fine. They just reliably work. YMMV.. but I can testify from first hand experience that there is no myth to the effectiveness of a properly loaded TT, a properly loaded TV, a properly set up WD hitch, and dual friction sway control.

I don't disagree with this statement, I don't discredit friction bars as non-working... I just find they work up until a certain point, then 'wham' you're done and upside down in a ditch. I would rather experience the wiggles and sways early and correct manually.

I had the exact same problem with my first sport bike. Factory installed steering damper (acts exactly the same as the sway friction bars on a trailer except uses a shock for the friction). The steering damper worked exactly as advertised, I felt no wiggle in the steering at all, I got more and more daring with adding throttle while the bike was leaned over to turn. Once I got so hard on the throttle while cornering that I was light on the front end. The force was strong enough to over-power the steering damper and I got into a mega-tank slapper. I nearly crashed into on-coming traffic. I took that steering damper off and learned how to ride a lot better. When I got a new bike a few years later, I removed the factory damper and put on a really effective aftermarket damper that would never allow a tank slapper. Period.

I see the friction bars as the same thing, I want to have sway prevention or no sway control at all. I understand that thousands of motorists have been using the friction bars successfully for years, and I hope that no one ever exceeds the friction bar's ability to slow the sway, but it is possible and I don't want that possibility on my rig.