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Message started by DanGill on 07/02/07 at 12:33:51

Title: Rubber on risers?
Post by DanGill on 07/02/07 at 12:33:51

Has anyone put rubber on the riser around the handlebars to help reduce vibration?

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by Phelonius on 07/02/07 at 17:55:06

What vibration?

Phelonius

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by thumperclone on 07/02/07 at 19:34:50

my fingerless gloves have wtra padding where my calasous are..it helps on longer rides..find myself miss the gloves when i go on short hops and leave them at home..

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by Max_Morley on 07/02/07 at 19:48:03

i just came back from about a 800 mile trip over 2 days and I've got sweet spots at 51, 57, 59 and 61 MPH indicated w/o any noticeable vibration. I do have rubber insert grips but that was mostly for their larger diameter to help prevent some hand cramp concerns I have. If you have vibrations in my opinion you need to review your wheel balance and roundness, loose bolts on the egnine mounting points, fluid qualtity and quantity in the front forks as when they are right it is a pretty smooth ride. Max

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by Beatduck on 07/02/07 at 20:32:16

Might help.
I'd be concerned about the bars being anchored sufficiently.
On the flat bars probably not so much as the older style.

I just don't know. Is this a mod you heard/read on another type of bike?

These look interesting:

http://www.manicsalamander.com/bar_end_weight.htm

Anyone with any experience with stuff like this?
Or, will I soon be like Phelonius..... :)
You know, ONE with your bike. ;D
It doesn't bother me that much but, I'm awfully "tinglely" (Is that a word?)
after a while........
(I'm not going to go there! You know what I mean) :-X

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by verslagen1 on 07/02/07 at 21:20:36

If you have stock bars then they are already weighted.
And you won't be able to add these weights.

If your bars aren't weighted and the grips allow, these will add the needed weight to your bars by sucking it out of your back pocket.

Others have suggested lead pellets in the bars. But you'll need to cap the bar ends securely. I haven't found any bar ends for 1" bars in the $10-20 range. The pellets will do a better job at killing the vibes then the bar end weights like dead blow hammers that don't bounce.

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by DanGill on 07/03/07 at 05:27:46

Quite a few bikes have a rubber bushing on the riser. Gloves help, but I'd really like to stop my mirrors from dancing so much.

Title: Re: Rubber on risers?
Post by Savage_Rob on 07/03/07 at 05:51:40

Actually, the stock "clamps" on my 98 had plastic/rubber bushings and I reused them with my pullback risers.