Vibration in handle bars...
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Vibration in handle bars...
I know this is probably a really stupid question that I should have learned the first day of Harley-101, but here it goes...
What causes heavy vibration in the bars?
A little background...
I owned an '09 'train and never had vibration, it was very smooth. I rode a street glide, forgive me for not knowing the year, and the bars shook so bad while sitting at a stop light that it giggled my entire chubby upper torso. What gives? Was one motor balanced and one not? Did one use rubber isolated motor mounts and the other didn't? I know my 'train was bone stock and to the best of my knowledge so was the glide. The reason I ask is so I know better what to look for with my search for a new bike.
Thanks!
What causes heavy vibration in the bars?
A little background...
I owned an '09 'train and never had vibration, it was very smooth. I rode a street glide, forgive me for not knowing the year, and the bars shook so bad while sitting at a stop light that it giggled my entire chubby upper torso. What gives? Was one motor balanced and one not? Did one use rubber isolated motor mounts and the other didn't? I know my 'train was bone stock and to the best of my knowledge so was the glide. The reason I ask is so I know better what to look for with my search for a new bike.
Thanks!
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I know this is probably a really stupid question that I should have learned the first day of Harley-101, but here it goes...
What causes heavy vibration in the bars?
A little background...
I owned an '09 'train and never had vibration, it was very smooth. I rode a street glide, forgive me for not knowing the year, and the bars shook so bad while sitting at a stop light that it giggled my entire chubby upper torso. What gives? Was one motor balanced and one not? Did one use rubber isolated motor mounts and the other didn't? I know my 'train was bone stock and to the best of my knowledge so was the glide. The reason I ask is so I know better what to look for with my search for a new bike.
Thanks!
What causes heavy vibration in the bars?
A little background...
I owned an '09 'train and never had vibration, it was very smooth. I rode a street glide, forgive me for not knowing the year, and the bars shook so bad while sitting at a stop light that it giggled my entire chubby upper torso. What gives? Was one motor balanced and one not? Did one use rubber isolated motor mounts and the other didn't? I know my 'train was bone stock and to the best of my knowledge so was the glide. The reason I ask is so I know better what to look for with my search for a new bike.
Thanks!
Ratkiller
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Yes it did smooth out, just could not believe how big the difference was at idle. So it was the counterbalanced softail motor that made the difference...Thanks guys!
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How long have they been counterbalancing the softail motors? Is it all softails or just certain models?
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How long have they been counterbalancing the softail motors? Is it all softails or just certain models?
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i've seen some rubber mounted TC vibrate the bike like you describe. I'm glad i got the internal balanced TC. I never understood why they would make one engine balanced and the other not..
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