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06-21-2011, 09:20 PM | #1 |
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Another Passenger Backrest Vibration Solution
I can't take credit for this. My brother-in-law came up with the idea.
The connection of the pipes to the same bracket that the passenger backrest is bolted to seems to cause a lot of the problem. To minimize this vibration, I used a longer bolt to hold the pipes to the bracket, and then inserted a spring onto the longer bolt. (The bolt was a 5/16-18 x 2inch). This allows the pipes to vibrate more freely than the thin OEM rubber gasket. There is about 1/4 inch for the pipes to move. Picture is attached. My wife claims it made a big improvement in the vibration problem. I had also installed rubber washers on every connection between the pipes and the backrest.
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06-21-2011, 10:50 PM | #2 |
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Another Passenger Backrest Vibration Solution
Thats a good idea, just check them so they don't back off on their own.
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06-22-2011, 03:41 AM | #3 |
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Glad you came up with a solution.
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06-22-2011, 02:55 PM | #5 |
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Lots of people don't realize that a LOT of vibration on our Nomads originate from the solidly mounted exhaust. My saddlebags vibrate like a biotch at just a certain low rpm... You got me thinking about playing around with the exhaust. Cars use a rubber hanger type of mount which has me thinking....
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06-22-2011, 04:15 PM | #6 |
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Another Passenger Backrest Vibration Solution
If you are able to come up with a better idea, I would be interested to know.
I had considered hanging the pipes from a spring, instead of inserting the spring on the bolt as I show in the picture above. I couldn't come up with an effective way to do that with the hardware that is on the bike.
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