A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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Re: A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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Garnet wrote:Thanks for that. I need to do something on my R26.
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I have heard of some riders filling the bars with Kitty litter and capping the ends, inexpensive and light seems to help as long as there are no holes in the middle of the bars. This company makes a nice selection of bar ends.http://www.spieglerusa.com/controls/handlebar-ends.html

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I find it easy to reduce/eliminate the vibration of the R26. Carefull research shows that the bars only vibrate when it is running. It is cheap and easy to just not run it.

That is how I fixed the vibration on my R25/3, just put it in the living room.

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Re: A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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Duane Ausherman wrote:
That is how I fixed the vibration on my R25/3, just put it in the living room.

Free advice.
Hmmmm, that's not where I saw it last. :shock:
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Re: A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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Duane Ausherman wrote:I find it easy to reduce/eliminate the vibration of the R26. Carefull research shows that the bars only vibrate when it is running. It is cheap and easy to just not run it.

That is how I fixed the vibration on my R25/3, just put it in the living room.

Free advice.

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Re: A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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jagarra wrote:I have heard of some riders filling the bars with Kitty litter and capping the ends, inexpensive and light seems to help as long as there are no holes in the middle of the bars. This company makes a nice selection of bar ends.http://www.spieglerusa.com/controls/handlebar-ends.html

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They look a bit light , the ones off a Triumph Sprint came in at 250gms each . :o
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Re: A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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Garnet wrote:
Duane Ausherman wrote:
That is how I fixed the vibration on my R25/3, just put it in the living room.

Free advice.
Hmmmm, that's not where I saw it last. :shock:
Oops, caught again. It WAS in the livingroom for many years.
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Re: A thread on another forum on handbar vibration

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the Best way to use shot in a handlebar is mix the shot with white or clear Silicone....

I found filling the whole bar effective in killing vibrations the rubber or silicone abrorbes the shot movement picked up from the bar
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