Stabilizer explanation?
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Stabilizer explanation?
Could someone please explain how any of the stabilizers out on the market stop the swing arm flex on pre 2009 touring bikes? As I understand it, the transmission is mounted to the swing arm pivot rod which has rubber mounts where the rod goes through the frame. All the stabilizer units anchor the engine/transmission to the frame. How does anchoring the engine to the frame get rid of the flex at the rubber bushings at the swing arm pivot? If anyone could explain this to me, it would be much appreciated. 
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They don't do anything for the swingarm mount...BUT they eliminate the lateral movement of the engine/trans. (rubber mount) in the back, reducing the "rear steer" everyone complains about.
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Take a good close look at how your '07 motor & transmission is mounted. Three flexible mounting points: Rubber mount at the lower front of the motor, Rubber mount at the lower rear of the transmission, & a heim link between the heads attached to the frame. No *one* of them allows a *lot* of movement, but between the three of them they allow more movement than is acceptable.
Now go take a *Good, Close* look at the mounting system on the '09's. A double rubber mount with little room for lateral movement at the lower front of the motor, a rubber mount with equally little room for lateral movement at the lower rear of the transmission, & a solid bar mount at the top of the front head. Little or no room for lateral movement anywhere in the system.
The stabilizers limit the lateral movement available in the entire system. Perfect? Probably not, but *way* better than the same system without stabilization.
Now go take a *Good, Close* look at the mounting system on the '09's. A double rubber mount with little room for lateral movement at the lower front of the motor, a rubber mount with equally little room for lateral movement at the lower rear of the transmission, & a solid bar mount at the top of the front head. Little or no room for lateral movement anywhere in the system.
The stabilizers limit the lateral movement available in the entire system. Perfect? Probably not, but *way* better than the same system without stabilization.
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