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Posted by Troll
- May 26, 2014, 06:49:42 AMCheck the motor mount through bolt torque, but yeah, they have a V2 "rumble" at lower speeds. Mine has a particular vibe right at 55, but that goes away by 60, and smooth as glass after that...The torque on the through bolts is 33 lb/ft. Too tight, and they will take the insulation out of the mount, too loose, and the engine will shake too much. The hard mounted pipes will put a lot into the frame...I had that problem until I made the soft mount for my peace pipe...
Posted by greenbarn
- May 25, 2014, 22:50:34 PMI haven't had time to tear down the 1500 to start mods and fixes, so I put the parts I had tore off the 1500 back on, put the new battery in, and did some riding. There are tons of things I like about it, but several things I need to fix.
One is the terrible vibration I get, compared to the 800. Bad numb-hands. I noticed a few things that I'm going to fix:
1) roadhouse exhaust - hard mounted -- FIX: rubber mount
2) grips are quite a bit smaller than my 800's and although they're foam-covered, it's kind of thin- not great-- FIX: I'm putting on either Iso bars or Avon's.
3) handle bar position makes me lean forward too much, too much weight on hands -- FIX: either new bars or risers - topic of another thread.
Is there anything else I should be looking at?? The vibration is pretty bad, especially at idle and low RPMS. For a while, I thought I had gotten a harley 
... Vibration is bad when your in a gear where the RPMs are low for the speed your at. Better at highway speed/RPM. Is some of this just inherent to the 1500 vs. the 800 (I don't have much vibration in the 800)?? Or is there something else I should be checking out?
Thanks in advance.