Sometimes guys mess their machines up so bad with mods that nasty things may be introduced into a bike. Others who don't look after the #$%* they have properly sometimes blame the design. In many cases if people left the designing to the engineers instead of #$%*ing with #$%* they no little about they'd be better off. 
Any of the serviceable SOHCs I ever had or rode were very civilized when used for the intended purpose. The bike is not prone to tank slapping.
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Well i thought that was what you meant..?
Check this 100 page post and note how many dampers are being used by people still alive riding 35 year old bikes, kinda of like having real world stats at you finger tips. Man there are a pile of these bikes still alive! When you see a rare damper install in that massive post note the lean angle and then compare that to the blingless lean angles of damperless riders.
Once again that means nothing, going by a lot of things said here on this forum {no offense meant} i would say that about 25% or less of the riders here actually know the limitations of their own abilities and that of their bike, i don't think, after reading your comments that you are in that 25%.
I still don't understand your point, steering dampers work and work well, there is no way they can "Sometimes guys mess their machines up so bad with mods that nasty things may be introduced into a bike" your words, so whats your point. If you knew anything about bike geometry you would be aware that these bikes were made with quite small trail numbers {under 4 inches}, which makes for a very quick steering bike, any bike made today with those numbers will be fitted with a steering damper. A steering damper is just like fitting quality shocks, it improves the capabilities of the bike and actually makes it safer, and like anything, including the stock shocks, you need to know how to set things up properly to get the most out of your ride... That's a fact, not an opinion.....
I know quite a few guys that raced these bikes and all fitted good shocks and a steering damper, none would ride without either.
I have posted pics here of plenty of Honda 750's from down under and most had dampers, i won't say that statistically proves a thing but it does show that people that know how to ride and know what they are doing fit better parts to their bikes, if you ride the bike to the best of its abilities then a damper is a safety device, as are good shocks, may as well throw good tires in there as well...
