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Old 05-06-2017, 10:45 AM
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hello
i have custom softail frame with rav tach engine 1800
the eng+trans connect to the frame by bolts without engin mount
i have rav tach trans 6 speed
can you friends suggest how can i reduce the vibration
i can not pass 100 km because the vibration
thank you
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Old 05-06-2017, 10:53 AM
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Yes, it's easy.....Buy a Dyna, Softails are junk.
 
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Old 05-06-2017, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Greezey Rider
Yes, it's easy.....Buy a Dyna, Softails are junk.
Is that your standard useless reply these days?
 
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Old 05-06-2017, 02:18 PM
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Replace it with a 'b'series twin cam. Voila !😁
 
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don't think they make racing engines with counterbalancers (whats the point?) but I might be wrong here. last time I checked they were EVO-based not a single twinkie... patents, perhaps.
 
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Originally Posted by Greezey Rider
Yes, it's easy.....Buy a Dyna, Softails are junk.
After owing a Softail for 12 years now, I disagree and considering what the OP was asking about, your reply is pointless.
 

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Originally Posted by the blob
Replace it with a 'b'series twin cam. Voila !😁


Yep.. either this or figure out a way to rubber mount the engine.
 
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Originally Posted by ziky
hello
i have custom softail frame with rav tach engine 1800
the eng+trans connect to the frame by bolts without engin mount
i have rav tach trans 6 speed
can you friends suggest how can i reduce the vibration
i can not pass 100 km because the vibration
thank you
Ziky
If you aren't exaggerating, then I think something is wrong. I can ride my Heritage 80 MPH all day long no problem. It is a bit buzzy but not uncomfortably so.

Maybe what you think is vibration is something else. Have tried putting lowers on the bike for head buffeting?
 
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Old 05-06-2017, 06:26 PM
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Looks like they are Evo style engines, so no counterbalancers. It will be buzzy, like the solid mount Sportsters were. Only other options would be to use some sort of rubber mounts to isolate the engine and trans from the frame, or get a twin cam B engine.
 
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Originally Posted by Greezey Rider
Yes, it's easy.....Buy a Dyna, Softails are junk.
There is another forum for butthurt dyna riders.
 
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