Hi guys,
Yes, a damper will help but please consider this...
I teach motorcycle training and race schools pretty much full time when the snow goes away.
After almost five years racing cars and now five years of racing bikes, I started taking race schools to improve my limited abilities. I was just at the Freddie Spencer Pro school last February and had been to many of the other popular schools before.
The main thing I learnt (other than how much I really suck as a rider) was that my riding position ultimately changed how the bike handeled. I was still gripping my handle bars too tightly and not looking far enough ahead (I'm always telling my students the same thing...now Freddie, Nick and Jeff Haney were giving me crap for this) and many other things that would fill another two pages.
Suspension set-ups, ultra light wheels, *insert brand preference here* race DOT's and cool trick Ti parts will mostly mask current rider problems. Get a Pro racer that can convey riding position properly then get him to help you with where you should be on your bike and how you should be making inputs into all of the controls...that'll fix a large percentage of your problems.
Any top race school in the US will tell you the same thing...I just saved you $2200!
The rider is always the first place to start...after the long investigation check tires, suspension, etc.
I was rich, then I went racing!?