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Posted by greenbarn
 - May 26, 2014, 07:42:29 AM

That motor mount was supposed to be #4 - I remembered reading your earlier post on how much difference that made.  Definitely going to check that.  At certain idle speeds/conditions, it makes the whole windscreen shake.  Enough to make any Harley owner proud...

Posted by Troll
 - May 26, 2014, 06:49:42 AM

Check 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 PM

I 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  ;D...   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.

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