After installing the Badboy bars and the urethane riser bushings the mirrors are just about useless from the vibrations. I looked at the barsnakes and it's expensive for what it is and wonder if anyone had tried lead shot inside the bars? Figured it's pretty cheap and easy to remove if it doesn't work.

MikeyB

 

years ago I put on some white bros super burly t-bars and urethane bushings. it vibrated so bad it made my hands numb after a few miles, mirrors were useless. I went back home and reinstalled the rubber bushings and it is fine now. try it.

 

I have a 2003 Night Train & I have solid stainless steel pipe inserted inside my bars underneath the grips. Each piece weighs about 1/2 a lb.

The vibration problems I've experienced from day 1 isn't so bad that it affects my mirrors but the vibration is bad enough to where myfinger tipswere completly numb after just a 40 or 50 mile cruise.

I installed new bushings in the risers and ISO grips.

That still wasn't enough and while searching for a solution I found information on a Sportster Forum about an old skool solution of installing a roll of nickles into your bars to change the weight distribution,frequencies and harmonics.
I ended up instaling the weights inside my bars and all vibration was gone!

I recently installed new Street Slammer bars on my Night Train and after I was done, I realized that I had forgot to install the weights inside the bars. [:@]

I decided to see how the new bars felt without the weights and after just a 25 mile round trip my fingertips were numb.

I took my grips off and re-installed the weights. All vibration is gone now! [sm=smiley20.gif]

 

Hmmm. Might have to try the roll on nickels trick. Thanks!

MikeyB

 

I kept the rubber and put my wires throught the bars. Really cleans up the bars.

 

Hey Mikey, if you decide to go with 1 roll of nickles under each grip, wrap the roll with 1 layer of electrical tape. It'll prevent the wrapper from falling apart and having nickles jingeling around inside your bars.

 

Roger that!

MikeyB

 

A slug of silcone RTV on each end should hold them pretty good too.

 

I tried the Bar Snake on a 75' Ironhead and the results were dissapointing. Trying the role of nickles worked much better.

 

... and the nickels go where exactly?