Vibration on 2012 Dyna
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Vibration on 2012 Dyna
I have a new dyna FXDC thats totally stock w/3k miles. At highway speeds over 2500 rpm 6th gear I get a pretty decent vibration thats bad enough to be fairly uncomfortable after 30 min. It smooths out over 3000 rpm. I took to dealer who after a test ride agreed thats its a little more then normal and replaced the front engine mount bc of "sagging" in the original part. It was a little better...it seamed. I had a 2002 dyna which seemed smoother. No complaints. Does anyone else have complaints about excessive vibration from their dyna?
i had the same issue on a 2012 streetbob. when i replaced my mufflers it pretty much went away. i only feel it a very little. dont really notice it now unless i think about it. the stock mufflers were heavy and really restrictive. i replaced them with cycle shack turnouts. hope this helps
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Every Dyna i have ever rode has it. Ours does it in every gear until we get close to 3,000 rpm's.
I can't go to 5th until 62-65 mph, 6th gear around 75-80mph.
We have a ss 106 build so I figure it's lugging. My wife says either smooth it out or take me home to the bed room.
oh, well not all vibrations are bad huh.
dd
I can't go to 5th until 62-65 mph, 6th gear around 75-80mph.
We have a ss 106 build so I figure it's lugging. My wife says either smooth it out or take me home to the bed room.
oh, well not all vibrations are bad huh.
dd
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My dyna fxdi is as smooth as silk at any rpm i have had it at. My previous Harleys did vibrate at the rpms you mentioned.
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Thanks for the response. The vibration isn't caused by lugging the engine, because I don't lug any engine..its not good for them. The dyna is operating properly at 2500 rpm in 6th on level ground or grade decrease. I just read an article in American Iron Dec 2012 is on the dyna street bob. The only complaint from the author was the vibration I mentioned...he couldn't explain it. All the dynas he rode did it too. So I guess some of us dyna riders are just going to have to get used to it...or change out some of the OEM equipment like pipes etc.
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Went through this several months ago...front mount etc...dealer saying it's normal, blah blah blah. I don't know what exhaust you have or if it's stock but once I took off my BR 2 into 2 and went with a 2 into 1 pipe it smoothed out. Now it's not completely gone but much better than it was.