04-19-2015, 08:47 PM
(04-19-2015, 09:40 AM)Rboe_imp Wrote: I have found, for me, a buzz comes on above 55mph, seems worst at 65-70 and smooths out again above that.
Put on 80 miles yesterday and my biggest complaints were wacko drivers, gusty wind (which prompted me to use the rear pegs which caused my left foot to fall asleep). Vibration and buzz, 65-70, was not bad. Probably distracted by the dang wind.
The Griso has no buzz, but it does have the vibes of the big V twin to contend with, and on the highway I find that much more pleasing than the buzz. Over the years it seems to be that higher frequency vibrations are bad, lower frequency vibrations are good (or at least not bad and in many cases, for riders, preferable to no vibration at all - it gives the machine a pulse they can feel and identify with).
I have not spent much time at 85+ but if memory serves, it seemed smoother there. Or maybe I was too scared about wind, cops, road hazzards etc. that I didn't pay any attention to a buzz.
My gut feeling, if the mirrors are still clear it's probably not a real problem for the mechanicals.
That's where I'm at.
At this point...with the machine virgin...live with it. Taking it apart entails more risks than benefits.
Yuppers on the mirrors. Also, correct on the vibration settling down at top-end revs. Which tells me it's harmonic resonance, not an unbalanced part. A car wheel, for examle, doesn't settle down when it's unbalanced when you speed it up. Likewise an out-of-spec flywheel or engine counterweight.
Mirrors are clear and it hasn't shed parts; so we're all good.
Softer grips are in the pipeline.