New owner... Vibrations.. And a question

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Well mine vibrates so much the mirrors are a blur when it idles. Still love it tho

I would be tempted to find out if the engine mounts had ever been out and refitted with a spacer/washer incorrectly. It can be as simple as a misplaced spacer when someone has fitted engine bars for instance. SW-Motech crash bars were well known for introducing vibrations to the Africa Twin as the fitting instructions were a little vague in places and misplacing spacers was very common. Seemingly well fitted engine bars caused a lot of vibration.

I would be tempted to find out if the engine mounts had ever been out and refitted with a spacer/washer incorrectly. It can be as simple as a misplaced spacer when someone has fitted engine bars for instance. SW-Motech crash bars were well known for introducing vibrations to the Africa Twin as the fitting instructions were a little vague in places and misplacing spacers was very common. Seemingly well fitted engine bars caused a lot of vibration.
Now THAT is a interesting post. My bike came with small engine guards. I will remove them before my next ride. The heavy bar-ends are great, but I will see if this helps more.

THANKS

I guess I am spoiled because the EX does not seem to buzz me at all. But I do ride it mostly in 6th on the Hwy and cruise at about 80 mph. I did install heavier bar weights on both of my CB's sometime back just to see if heavier was better low on. Will show pixs soon, got to go to work!

I will try to post pics and a link to my bar-ends also.

I would be tempted to find out if the engine mounts had ever been out and refitted with a spacer/washer incorrectly. It can be as simple as a misplaced spacer when someone has fitted engine bars for instance. SW-Motech crash bars were well known for introducing vibrations to the Africa Twin as the fitting instructions were a little vague in places and misplacing spacers was very common. Seemingly well fitted engine bars caused a lot of vibration.
Now THAT is a interesting post. My bike came with small engine guards. I will remove them before my next ride. The heavy bar-ends are great, but I will see if this helps more.

I removed my crash bars and now less vibrations in fuel tank area.
In a very old post, someone mentioned torquing the riser nuts to 20lbs. I tried this and it reduced the buzz at the handlebars, even more. The riser cushions are flexible now and not mashed. The nuts were torqued by someone who installed the aftermarket bars, probably. Service manual does not specify torque.

I am using the lower gears with more revs now, my kinda riding ......