Evo shake
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All back together. Took it around the block. It's worse! Can't believe it, I guess it's related to something in the primary, not sure what but at this point I'm at a loss. What a disappointment.
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Crank crank crank...
Time to get rid of it. A lot of the things on my bike make me consider trading it in on the updated Suzuki DL1000 V-strom... more suited to my type of riding anyways.
Sorry your evo experience was worse than mine... and mine hasn't been too great.
Time to get rid of it. A lot of the things on my bike make me consider trading it in on the updated Suzuki DL1000 V-strom... more suited to my type of riding anyways.
Sorry your evo experience was worse than mine... and mine hasn't been too great.
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That is totally Gay dude.....have you looked at your primary chain...like every single link?
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I got it on the for about 5 minutes but the chain was so loose I couldn't really run it. I got it up to 2000 rpms for a couple seconds and it didn't help. I took the comp springs apart and flipped them around to change positions. There's definitely wear in there but if the comp didn't help the springs can't be doing it. I checked it dry to make sure the nut wasn't bottoming, it's not it's got thread left before it would bottom.
No I didn't check every link but I spun it about 20 times around to make sure I had no tight spots after I adjusted the chain before putting the cover back on.
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So, without me reading back through all 20 something pages, You simple have a vibration Kp?? I'm willing to bet, and I could be wrong, it''s normal! Listen my friend,The bike I have right now, it vibrates WORSE than my other two convertibles, and they ALL are the same year! At or around 2000 rpm's to. Have you had anyone else check this out and see if it normal?
By he way, sorry to hear it didn't fix it, nothing worse than working on something and wasting money, and it didn't fix anything! I feel your pain!!
By he way, sorry to hear it didn't fix it, nothing worse than working on something and wasting money, and it didn't fix anything! I feel your pain!!
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If it helps, here are some idle videos of my FXDS. If you'll notice the bars shake, the front tier dances around, the shifter is rattled to death, and it backs itself down the driveway... but once rolling after 2k RPM's it's super smooth. I'm really thinking unless your crank is way the **** out of wack, your bike is fine and you're just not used to the vibes an HD can put off. I think you need to go ride an old 4 speed, hardtail shovel for comparison.
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So, without me reading back through all 20 something pages, You simple have a vibration Kp?? I'm willing to bet, and I could be wrong, it''s normal! Listen my friend,The bike I have right now, it vibrates WORSE than my other two convertibles, and they ALL are the same year! At or around 2000 rpm's to. Have you had anyone else check this out and see if it normal? By he way, sorry to hear it didn't fix it, nothing worse than working on something and wasting money, and it didn't fix anything! I feel your pain!!
Put the apes back on, should help soak up some it it. Those low bars shook like hell. I out a 5 inch long lead plug in the ends too
Joe. Here's a video of it shaking. Listen you can here when it gets nasty at 2k by the sound of the bars and levers smacking around. Smooth above and below. The wavy part is the bars shaking hard and fast but you can see how far they actually move just didn't pick the shaking up it's too fast for the camera.