07-16-2016, 05:06 AM
I voted no. In the rev range I ride in the CB is smooth as silk. Nearly every bike I ride, and I test ride a lot of bikes, vibrate a lot more than the CB, some excessively so. My brothers Bonneville doesn't vibrate either per se, but there is a throbbing sensation going on that's hard to explain. I think it's the 270 degree firing order at work, but other than the throbbing it is real smooth for a liter bike plus parallel twin.
My (3) 650 Yamaha parallel twins vibrated. They would walk themselves across the garage floor while idling on the centerstand and would shake bulbs apart if taken into the upper end of the rev zone. My (2) 883 Sportsters would make my hands itch like I had poison ivy on the palms if I tried to ride them on the freeway. sometimes vibrations are easier to recognize than others.
I told my son the FJ-09 vibrated. He disagreed and bought one. Now he has put on rubber covered footpegs and the other day asked me about filling the handlebars with shot or sand to dampen the vibrations.
My (3) 650 Yamaha parallel twins vibrated. They would walk themselves across the garage floor while idling on the centerstand and would shake bulbs apart if taken into the upper end of the rev zone. My (2) 883 Sportsters would make my hands itch like I had poison ivy on the palms if I tried to ride them on the freeway. sometimes vibrations are easier to recognize than others.
I told my son the FJ-09 vibrated. He disagreed and bought one. Now he has put on rubber covered footpegs and the other day asked me about filling the handlebars with shot or sand to dampen the vibrations.