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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Handle bar weights. /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1301525903 Message started by arteacher on 03/30/11 at 15:58:23 |
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Title: Handle bar weights. Post by arteacher on 03/30/11 at 15:58:23 I switched out the stock handlebars for a Flander's broomstick today. I noticed the stock bars have quite a bit of weight attached inside the bars. What is the purpose of this weight? Vibration damping? Steering damping? :-? |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by MotoBuddha on 03/30/11 at 16:24:58 Vibration damping. And a backroom deal with the Japanese steel industry. |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by buttgoat1 on 03/30/11 at 16:32:31 sure helps with the vibrations. I added extra steel weights in the ends of my drag bars, made it feel even better to me. using epoxy and lead weights is another way to add some weight. |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by MotoBuddha on 03/30/11 at 17:14:35 Meanwhile, over in the musclebike world, we've discovered that the best way to reduce vibration is to replace the rubber handlebar mounting cones with aluminum cones. It's counterintuitive, but it works. Guys who have tried heavier weights, shot, foam and all that finally came to the dark side and loved the results. |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by arteacher on 03/31/11 at 03:50:21 Actually it's not counter intuitive if you think about it. The rubber bushings allow the bars to move a bit. They are acting like a spring, and every spring has a resonant frequency. Up to and down to that frequency they will damp movement, but at the frequency they will amplify it. Adding weight to the bars lowers the resonant frequency, hopefully to below the exiting frequency (the motor). Eliminating the spring eliminates the resonant frequency, so vibrations are less. |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by JohnBoy on 04/01/11 at 00:27:25 poor mans bar end weights http://https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_TCSH6bqjHEM/Sh3LSl2ah_I/AAAAAAAAAFI/jIA5FiNFI8c/s640/bar%20weights.jpg Cigar tubes filled with birdshot. A couple of wraps of electrical tape so that they snug inside the handle bar and you put the end caps back on. Mine been working for two years...and the cigars were good too! |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by ralfyguy on 04/01/11 at 04:38:53 OMG, that almost looks like a pair of women's toys from here. :D |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by Arnold on 04/01/11 at 09:19:25 I know, I totally thought it was something else too. |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by arteacher on 04/01/11 at 09:49:33 Women's toys? And why would you need two? :-/ |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by ralfyguy on 04/01/11 at 10:45:30 Well, what could be the reason why she could use two? |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by thumperclone on 04/01/11 at 10:53:22 2B38353F203E2C20590 wrote:
two hands?? |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by ralfyguy on 04/01/11 at 16:43:04 382439213C293E2F202322294C0 wrote:
two hands??[/quote] ;D ;) |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by Driller on 04/02/11 at 05:58:01 Has anyone tried the "Bar Snake" for handlebar vibe? Found them while searching for bar end weights. The concept sounds logical. I just changed out my buckhorns for a set of sportster bars and have a feeling some extra weight will be needed. |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by Chopped on 04/02/11 at 07:30:35 33202D2738263438410 wrote:
well if you think about it... they are going into something women have been using for years for the same purpose as said toys would be! |
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Title: Re: Handle bar weights. Post by JohnBoy on 04/02/11 at 09:40:43 02342F2A2A2334460 wrote:
I haven't tried a bar snake but I also changed the stock buckhorns for Sportster bars and risers and the bar weights I added made a difference. I believe that you will like the Sportster bars a lot. My arms are at a more neutral position and I have better control of the bike. Post some pics! JB |
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