Vibes for me....
Vibes for me....
The vibrations in my foot pegs is getting bad. Also, just recently I've noticed a clunk in my right foot peg. Mostly happens while going over bumps, but can also sometimes be felt while engine braking. I first noticed this clunk right after changing the front and rear brake pads. I did the pad swap by the book so I'm thinking it's coincidence. Looks like I'll be changing out the front motor mount...any thoughts?
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Did you do the shim thing? I havent and am getting vibes up threw the apes... Had it before but its a bit worse since these bars are taller. But i've heard people getting rid of handlbar vibes from the front shimming process. Didnt know if you had done this or thought bout it? I'm gonna do it in the coming weeks.
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The vibrations in my foot pegs is getting bad. Also, just recently I've noticed a clunk in my right foot peg. Mostly happens while going over bumps, but can also sometimes be felt while engine braking. I first noticed this clunk right after changing the front and rear brake pads. I did the pad swap by the book so I'm thinking it's coincidence. Looks like I'll be changing out the front motor mount...any thoughts?
I did try the shim technique...when I loosened the two bolts and I had about 3/32" of a gap at the top bolt and no gap at the bottom. The rubber on the isolator is definitely touching the bracket and from what I've read thats not right.
Thats what I'm hoping, gonna place an order with zanotti's tomorrow.
Finally mounted my new isolator and it made a world of difference. The clunk I was feeling in my pegs is gone and I'm back to the normal amount of vibes. Here's some pics to some the 2 isolators, you can see the mounting point on the old isolator is higher than the new causing it to rub on the frame.
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Interesting. The old rubber is at an angle. The new rubber is perpendicular (triple letter word score??)
Thanks for the pics, Hog. Appreciate it.
Thanks for the pics, Hog. Appreciate it.
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I would be curious to see the 2 compared again in a couple months. It looks like they may have started out the same but the old conformed to where it needed to be.
I am curious if the new one will look like that after a couple thousand miles.
Save your old mount.
I would be curious to see the 2 compared again in a couple months. It looks like they may have started out the same but the old conformed to where it needed to be.
I am curious if the new one will look like that after a couple thousand miles.
Save your old mount.
