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verslagen1

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Re: Vibration
Reply #15 - 05/27/14 at 13:56:05

ooooooh! snap!

someone just told you your head wasn't screwed on tight. Grin

With my faceshield up, it vibrates due to turbulence off the windshield and sometimes gets bad enough to blur vision. This bike has the sportshield on it, not the flyshield. and I'm about to cut it down to match.

If your helmet fits loose you'll have the same issue.

angle the windshield up to get the turbulence over your head.
or in this summer heat, lower it.

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ihasabike Full Member Offline ^^ihasapicofit! Posts: 121	Re: Vibration Reply #16 - 05/28/14 at 18:06:28 I'm presently getting the gran tourism grips installed and the drag handlebar filled with #9 lead birdshot to reduce vibration, at the suggestion of WD. I'll report back on the results.
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pg Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 5273 In Transit	Re: Vibration Reply #17 - 05/28/14 at 23:32:20 If your vibration is in the front end you may want to look at a fork brace. That was the best $125 I spent on mine. It eliminated all the wobbles and loose feelings. http://tkat.com/forkbrace.html
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Re: Vibration
Reply #18 - 05/29/14 at 08:15:49

pg wrote on 05/28/14 at 23:32:20:

If your vibration is in the front end you may want to look at a fork brace. That was the best $125 I spent on mine. It eliminated all the wobbles and loose feelings.

http://tkat.com/forkbrace.html

Thanks! Once I am able to ride some, whenever the weather gets better with no rain, I plan on trying to narrow it down. This might be a fix.

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Re: Vibration
Reply #19 - 05/29/14 at 08:31:37

ihasabike wrote on 05/28/14 at 18:06:28:

I'm presently getting the gran tourism grips installed and the drag handlebar filled with #9 lead birdshot to reduce vibration, at the suggestion of WD. I'll report back on the results.

I picked that tip up from early 1970s chopper magazines. If it helped then, it will help now. NOTHING will kill all the vibration though, you have a huge piston in a hard mounted engine, no rubber power mounts. The frame is going to buzz and so will the bars. You are just tuning the frequency to hopefully feel it less.

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Re: Vibration
Reply #20 - 05/29/14 at 10:34:54

& check the motor mount bolts, which include the peg bolts, and work to learn the lightest grip you can have & still keep the gas on. Gloves w/ the gel pads helped me early on, before I had really focused on getting my grip lightened up. Some say the fork brace yielded no changes in handling. My opinion is opposite that. The brace made a very noticeable change for me. I had no $$$ in mine, it was a Superbrace & it was a gift from a friend, So, I didnt NEED to believe I had done the right thing,, I only had a few minutes invested, no money,,I like the look of the T-Kat for some bikes, the Superbrace for others,, A rat lookin bobbed out ride NEEDS the T-Kat,,Its okay on a stock ride, but it has a more "Im Here" look & isnt all smooth & contoured like the S/brace. Its Gonna vibrate, WD has some good "Old School" answers, time tested & proven, You can win it, have fun,

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