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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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is there anything i can do about mirror vibration on my 06 1200c someone told me something about a snake that goes through the handle bars but the dealer had not heard of it can someone help?
 
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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 11:02 PM
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Try this website. http://www.barsnake.com/
Good luck with the "tingle"
 
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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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when i need to use mine all i do is squezze the grips hard but i did buy a set of the stock mirrors in black and they don't do it as bad.
 
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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 11:53 PM
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Any mirror with a shorter stem will be better. HD used to have several that looked good and had a shorter stem.

I use bar end mirrors....no vibration at all. No real view behind me, but no vibration and they look cool!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 03:18 AM
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Welcome to the Sportster ride, fuzzy images in the mirrors.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 08:28 AM
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I've only been riding this time for about 6 months and I never took notice to the vibrating mirrors. The only thing I ever noticed was a tingling left thumb. Took care of that with a pair of "Kuryakyn" ISO hand grips. Nice and comfortable now!

!!! RIDE SAFE !!!

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it's going to be in the high 40s today, woohoo, time to ride!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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I've also heard of guys putting an epoxy plug and then stuffing a roll of nickels inside the ends of the bars to dampen the vibration...
 
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Above 55 mph mine are useless. Tim
 
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Above 55 mph mine are useless. Tim
Heck, Tim. Above 55, the only thing you'll need to worry about seeing back there is the red and blue flashing lights. They might be fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure they'll be obvious.
 
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My mirrors are pretty much useless unless Im at a stop light.
 
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