Never noticed a difference.  Is everything tight on the right?  Exhaust pipe, muffler clamp and heat shield tight?  Rear brake lever adjusted correctly?

Double check your tires for both cupping and then if they are wearing smooth double check the air pressures on them and have someone balance them again. Might be just a hair off. Nothing like tires to make something a bit out of wack get exagerated.  They make all the difference. There will always be a bit of bounce and stuff as speed increases but anything in the tires will exagerate that and transmit that to your feel.

I noticed the same thing on my bike.  I did check the tightness of everything and it was good and tight.

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That's the solution that I use.  Just run at 68-70, and it's all good.

Susan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:


All bikes have a certain RPM where vibration creates harmonics through the frame....obviously, some have very little, but most do have some.  That sets up a kind of harmonic that gets amplified through the frame or the handlebar.  My old XS 850 seemed to do it at about 60, and at a time when speed limits were lower (a long time ago ) the vibration would put my hands to sleep on the interstate.  The most annoying thing about that old Yamaha....

I haven't really noticed this with the right footpeg on the Savage.  Maybe it has to do with the Highway Hawk footpegs on mine.  They are heavier than stock and that might dampen some of the vibration.  Has your footpeg been damaged at all?

I too think the heavier footpeg thing is a good idea, people use bar end weights to get rid of handlebar vibes.

Clive W

A little over 4 years ago, I laid my Savage down (the last time I hope).  My speed was about 35 and the right footpeg took a good hit.  It wasn't totalled, just bent, and I took it apart to see if I could salvage it.

The inside of the stock peg, isn't hollow because it contains a spring mechanism that allows the peg to move up and down.  That is a good thing for a spill, but I don't think it allows room for added weights.

As Clive stated, there are bar end weights that can be added to the handlebar...which brings up another topic.  My grips are much more comfortable that stock (like my spouse's), because I added the Kuryakyn grips and they are much heavier and made of steel with rubber inserts.   I can easily ride long distances without gloves, if I want.

It might just be the idea of vibration dampening that helps.

One other thing about the right peg vibration...  There is a small part that fits over the peg pivot pin that has a rubber pad on it.  The pad goes between the footpeg tab and the bracket's travel stop and acts to damp the vibes.  If that little widget is missing from your bike, or its rubber pad has rotted away you will get a lot more peg vibration.  The part can be seen in the exploded view at BikeBandit and is labeled number '10' (next to part 5) on the 'Footrest' page.  I can't get a working direct link so just look up OEM parts for a 2002 LS650.

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