Smooth as glass: vibration-free bars

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Do you think changing the stock weights to the CB500 weights in the stock bars would have the same effect?

I was wondering about that. I don't know if the inner weight would fit, the one from the CB500F bars is much longer. I could measure the length and check for you.

Thing is it is amazing how Honda works all this out. The exact length and precise weight is tuned to produce a comfortable ride. They obviously use different alloys of metal with varying densities as well.

But I never had any issue with vibes with the stock bars. I just didn't like the riding position, being up in the wind and also the sporty position was something I wanted.

Trouble came when I realized after a few hundred miles that the CB500F bars, with the stock CB1100 weights, were very buzzy much of the time.

That's when I thought to try the CB500F weights and mounting hardware.

It just changes the whole character of the bike, gives you a rumble around town and silky smooth on the open road.

The stock bars were less vibey at lower engine speeds but I do seem to recall they vibrated more at the freeway speed around my town, which are going to be 80-90 mph. Honda seems to have got the sweet spot for the stock bars around 60 mph, above 70 it starts to buzz.
Speaking of mods, I was going to mention after yesterday's ride, now that the new HH pads are broken in and the lines are all bled, the binders on this machine are extremely powerful and very easy to modulate. Really about as good or better many supersport bikes stock. Honda really got the ratio between the master cylinder and calipers spot-on. The brakes are better, I have to say, than my 2015 ZX-10R or my 2012 GSX-R 750, and both those bikes have full stainless steel lines and the same EBC HH sintered superbike pads. Those bikes have a different type of master cylinder; I hear tell the hot tip is to drop about $400 into the Brembo m/c but I'm not quite ready to do that.