Handle bar bushings solid mount ?
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Tourer
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From: Illinois
Handle bar bushings solid mount ?
I'm putting done apes on my street glide and I was thinking about using solid handle bar bushings .. Is there much more vibration with them than stock rubber bushings ? Thanks !
Road Master
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From: Acme Pa.
There is a little more vibration, but it takes all the "slop" out of the bars. The pro's outweigh the cons, imo. I put solid mounts on mine. Even with the nylon bushings my bars would still move a little. So, I had a freind make me a set of alluminum ones. Mine are totally rigid. Can't see out of my mirrors at an idle but my bars don't move.
Road Warrior
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Yup, what Kojak said, and tighten the hell outta them.
Bars will be plenty stiff and u can still see in mirrors and hands wont get sleepy...
Bars will be plenty stiff and u can still see in mirrors and hands wont get sleepy...
Road Warrior
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From: Bluegrass State
I have the Polly bushings on my 14s. My bars still move a little bit when il you pull on them. It's too much work to replace them with something else so...... I'm fine with it.
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Road Master
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From: Acme Pa.
No, not that i've noticed, but at a stop light my bars dance so much my levers rattle. My Superglide shakes alot at idle, (dealer says, "it's a Superglide, It's supposed to shake."), But with the rigid bushings and 18" apes, my mirrors are useless at a stop. They smooth out right off idle. No numbing of hands or anything. I had the Neophrene, or nylon or whatever you call them,(hard plastic),but my bars still moved. With the aluminun they are solid as a rock.
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