I'm getting up there to and I agree with you!


SR

 

I started a thread similar to this months ago concerning my 2014 XL1200CP's vibration that peaked around 2650 RPM. It was not lugging the engine. The vibration was there in all gears whether accelerating or decelerating.


I decided to live with it. I also suffered numbness in the hands.


I discovered something yesterday that probably everyone else in the world already knew but me. I had the mini-apes set such that I had to really stretch to reach the grips. What was happening was that my fingertips were doing most of the gripping.


If I leaned forward so that my palms were actually resting the grips the numbness was nearly gone. Duh!


So yesterday evening I rotated by mini's back so that it fit my reach more naturally. Numbness problem mostly alleviated.


But the unexpected consequence was that the vibration felt around 2650 RPM was also mostly gone.


I've always believed that the handlebars were just a large tuning fork that had a natural resonant frequency. In this case: 2650 RPM.


By tilting them back, they would still have the same resonant frequency, but now the frame/fork/riser system was supplying the input energy from a different angle. By pure coincidence this reduced the felt vibration.


It is still there to be sure. But before it was so intense that I was not comfortable riding with it in that RPM range. Now as I ride through 2550-2800 I only notice a slight increase in felt vibration.


As always, YMMV.


DON

 

I have been riding for 40+ years and I say you all need a Midol...

 

Do they work for you??

 

yes they do...every time my wife takes one (or 2) I find she is less whiny and everyone gets along better..