Hey all,
I bought an '02 about a month ago. Only 4000 miles on it...the price was right.
Took it out for a test drive, but there was nowhere near I could bring it up to full highway speeds 60+
I did run it thru all the gears, and screamed down the residential streets up to about 50-55.
All good...so I bought it.
However, at highway speeds above 65...the vibration in the handlebars especially is simply unbearable.
Now, a little background. A few years ago when I joined this forum, I had just purchased a '96 Savage with 8500 miles on it. I have since sold that bike, but I never noticed anything problematic in terms of vibration on that bike so I know the vibration on this bike is just plain wrong.
So, since I just bought the '02, I wanted to eliminate some of the usual suspects. Bought new tires, and had the front tire trued. They told me the front tire was WAY out of whack like someone must have hit a curb with it.
No change with the vibration...still bad.
I can exclude tires etc because I can get the bike up to 70 or so, pull in the clutch, drop the throttle and it coasts smooth as glass.
Gotta be something to do with the engine and RPMs because even at a dead stop, in neutral, crank the throttle, after it gets to a certain point my teeth are chattering.
So, engine right ?
The shop said they checked the engine mounts, but I know they never pulled the tank, so aren't there some mounts they couldn't have checked easily?
Help me out here guys. I don't wanna have to wear a mouth guard while I'm driving to avoid chipping teeth !