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Old 03-17-2011, 05:55 PM
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Mine is the opposite, the left mirror vibrates more than the right. Once I am at 60 or higher, there is no vibration at all. Go figure.
 
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Originally Posted by thegrants82
Welcome to the uniqueness of HD. Don't start over tightening too much because what you are talking about is pretty normal.
Agreed. I seen the thread title and kind of chuckled before I even opened it up to read the comments in here. Chances are that none of the mirrors being talked about here are vibrating like HD's used to.
 
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Old 03-17-2011, 07:35 PM
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My right always vibrated more than my left. Since I did the shim the motor mount trick my right now vibrates a only little bit and my left almost none at all.
 
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Old 03-17-2011, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Drat
Mine is the opposite, the left mirror vibrates more than the right. Once I am at 60 or higher, there is no vibration at all. Go figure.
Same here.
 
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Old 03-17-2011, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bikerlaw
My right always vibrated more than my left. Since I did the shim the motor mount trick my right now vibrates a only little bit and my left almost none at all.
Is it possible you can mention in detail the motor mount "trick" 1 more time. Please be specific. I have seen the thread a while ago.
Was it:

1 jack up motor so the weight is off
2 loosen the bolts on the front motor mount
3 check gap
4 insert washer or shims to take up the gap
5 retighten to factory spec ft lbs

Now is that put a floor jack under the motor with the bike standing straight up and down level? Just jack up enough to get some of the weight off. If this is the case i would think by jacking up the motor, of course there would be a gap if you loosened the motor mounts.
 
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Old 03-17-2011, 10:11 PM
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I put on a new motor mount and it cleared them right up and + the shims

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...ms-smooth.html

Here's about shimming the front motor mount

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...today-wow.html
 

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Old 03-18-2011, 12:25 AM
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left vibrates only when I take my hand off the grip....what bugs me though is the blurry image you get when it vibrates.
 
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:34 AM
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Yep, my mirrors (stock) were always solid. Then I hit a deep rut at an intersection one night, pretty sure I went airborne. Next thing I knew, I had foot numbing vibration in my foot pegs, and I couldn't make out anything in my mirrors. My dealer replaced the front motor mount under warranty. Problem solved and been fine ever since, around 10k miles ago.
 
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Old 03-18-2011, 04:40 AM
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'11 FBob, left mirror vibrates much more than right. My Sportster and Buell have mirror shakes as well. Goes with the brand.
 
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Not being a smarty pants, but is this you guys first motorcycle, or first bike with these type of mirrors? I have never had a mirror of this style not vibrate some from the pure fact that I am riding in wind at 70 mph.
If you had attached mirrors with a wind faring blocking the mirror such as some sports bikes or a car then I could see the concern for vibration, but with a post type mirror without protection from the wind. What do you expect?
 


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