I really thought I had bought my last bike at the tender age of 72. Really enjoy my stock 2001 1200S. It vibrates far less than my old Nortons, BSAs and Triumphs but the loss of being able to use the mirrors is unacceptable to me. Is there anything I can do to improve the mirror rear visibility short of selling this bike and buying a rubber mount?

 

A number of people here have used Vibranators with good results from what I have read. I have the same issue with my mirrors, but only at certain speeds.

http://www.bikernet.com/pages/The_Vi...ng_Device.aspx

 

My 09 1200c mirrors vibrate like crazy all the time. I'm use to it and have come to the conclusion that it's th nature of hd.

 

I must be vibrating too, because I never notice it on my '98.

 

I feel your pain. I have an 03 1200S and the vibration combined with the narrow bars make the mirrors almost useless. At high RPM, one of them will move completely to a different angle.

 

I find that if I squeeze my hand real tight the mirror stops shaking enough to get a clear view.

 

If you take them off, they stop vibrating.

 

Likewise

 

Get a scout?

 

Went from a Sportster to a Super Glide. The vibration was so bad that I not only couldn't use the mirrors, I damn near couldn't even see the mirrors. It was just a big, silvery, blur at the ends of the handlebars.

Now that I have a Touring bike, the mirrors are so clear I can read a license plate behind me. Of course, it's backwards, but still...

If the blurry mirror is a problem for you, you have two choices: either a Touring model or a Softail.