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Handle bar weights.
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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03/30/11 at 16:24:58
Vibration damping. And a backroom deal with the Japanese steel industry.
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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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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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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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04/01/11 at 00:27:25
poor mans bar end weights
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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OMG, that almost looks like a pair of women's toys from here.
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I know, I totally thought it was something else too.
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Women's toys? And why would you need two?
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04/01/11 at 10:45:30
Well, what could be the reason why she could use two?
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ralfyguy wrote
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Well, what could be the reason why she could use two?
two hands??
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thumperclone wrote
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ralfyguy wrote
on 04/01/11 at 10:45:30:
Well, what could be the reason why she could use two?
two hands??
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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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ralfyguy wrote
on 04/01/11 at 04:38:53:
OMG, that almost looks like a pair of women's toys from here.
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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Driller wrote
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.
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!
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