I am in no way affiliated with Predator motor mounts. I paid full price for mine.

2007 Street Bob with a FL (Heritage) front end. Between 65,000 and 70,000 miles. The first 50,000 miles were rock solid, but after that it started getting squirrley. I put up with that for too long and then finally installed a Predator front motor mount with the built in stabilizer.

First of all, I found the mounting process to be pretty straight forward. I'd almost call it easy. For me the pain in the *** was getting all the wiring around the voltage regulator re-routed after I finished the mount installation. For some reason I'm kind of brain dead when it comes to wiring. Anyway, install went well, I didn't even put it up on the rack, just did it on the side stand. The instructions don't say anything about removing the oil filter, but I'm glad I removed mine. I'm sure it made the installation easier.

I've ridden about 450 miles since I installed it last Sunday, with various road conditions. High speed, low speed, straight line, tight twisties, and long, high speed sweepers. Sorry to sound like an advertisement, but the bike now tracks like it's on rails. I've now scraped the boards a few times, and just previous to the install this bike would get WAY unstable long before I got it leaned over that far. Excellent now. Also, previously the worst instability would be on long, high speed sweepers. There is a section of I-25 between Santa Fe and Pecos that has a 4 mile stretch of just that. High speed curves where you are leaned over for quite a while. Last time I rode that section with that bike, I was hard pressed to maintain 55mph, and it was a hair raising experience. Yesterday, I took that section at 75mph, and could easily have gone faster if I wanted to.

If anyone is thinking about doing this mod, I say go for it.

 

 

I installed one a couple years back, is a good mount. although did not notice any difference in vibration ( which was not an issue for me) I like the idea of the stabilizer on the mount.

 

I only noticed a small vibration difference. The main thing for me was to tighten up the handling again.

 

Nice review. I have one as well. Installed about 10k. Tightened up handling nicely. Vibes moved to a slightly different rev zone, but not offensive. Highly recommended.

 

Recently installed one on my '98 Dyna. Easy install, noticed a very slight increase in vibration but the improved handling more than made up for it. Also checked my vertical engine alignment after installing new mount. Mine was spot on. Dont overlook this step, a new upgrade motor mount with an engine out of alignment is a waste of time and $$.

 

Good to know. Need to get install a new mount this winter and was looking at these. Thanks for the awesome review.

 

I've been super happy with mine, and have never experienced the "clunk" that seem people seem to have... I'll second what others have said here though... Despite what their own website says, the benefit is in handling, not in vibration reduction (not that mine is bad, but I really don't think it was reduced).

 

Old thread, but still valid IMO...

I just removed mine again. It indeed improves handling of the bike, but I noticed quite an increase of side-to-side vibrations. Suddenly my battery cover started to constantly go awol. My stainless exhaust started to vibrate sideways in such a way I fear for its durability. I don't mind the vibrations myself all that much, but I fear some areas of the bike are not build for them.

I realize this mount, because of its dog bone that fixates the rear wheel, is not able to dampen any sideways movements and passes them on straight to the frame. Maybe the sideway vibrations should not be there in the first place, so maybe there is something wrong with the balancing of my crankshaft or it exposes something else that is wrong with my bike. But until I found that quirk, I'll use the old one again.

 

Have you checked your rear mount?