Author Topic: Bar End weight!!!! (Read 8317 times)

Jacknife · « **on:** April 24, 2005, 04:10:09 AM »

Im having so small amount of vibration on the handle bars, and some one has said to me "you need more bar end weights" is this right and what is the scale for the weights.

Any idea's?

Red01 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2005, 05:39:17 AM »

Heavier weights will help. Don't know that there's a "scale" - just get the heaviest ones you can find. The heaviest ones I know of are from Manic Salamander - though you can get even heavier ones if you want a throttle lock ("cruise control") as part of the deal too from Throttlemeister.

What may work as well, or better, is to fill your handlebar with something. Popular choices are lead shot, fishing weights, molten lead, BB's or a commercial product like Bar Snake.

Some find that replacing the steel handlebar with an aluminum one does the trick.

Some choose to use gloves with a gel palm.

Also popular is to replace the stock grips with gel or foam grips.

Still others opt for some combination of the above, while some will just choose to live with it the way it is.

As for me, I have a Throttlemeister (purchased for the throttle lock - the vibe damping was a bonus) & gel grips.

rtrhd · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2005, 08:03:50 AM »

if you switch to aluminum bars, they are less prone to vibration than steel. also, dirt werks sells weights that sit inside the bars and ride on o-rings. these can be added to your stock bar end weights for a very effective solution.BTW i recommend renthal superbike bars. not as wide as true mx bars, and very comfortable.

Banditboy600 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2005, 09:32:19 AM »

B6, stock bars, with Manic Salamander = very good results, less vibration, noticeably.

flip · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2005, 03:52:17 PM »

I have bars similar to stock filled with #8 lead shot with Lockhart Phillips stainless steel end weights. This works well for me. I tried a Bar Snake before adding the lead. The Bar Snake helped but didn't seem to work as well as the lead for me.

Jacknife · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2005, 04:44:23 PM »

how did you attach the lead or does it just roll around? I will also look at new Handle bars, still running the stock.

Red01 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2005, 07:03:09 PM »

The idea is to fill the bar with the substance.

Jacknife · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2005, 05:19:04 AM »

So work with hot lead and pour it in? Sound like hard work.

flip · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2005, 06:08:00 AM »

I leaned the bike over against my leg, held a funnel in the thottle side end of the handle bars and poured the lead shot out of the bag in to the bars until it was full. then I replaced the bar end weight.

DavesBandito · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2005, 10:35:15 PM »

I went from the stock foams to ProGrip's Rally Grip. Cut back on the vibration.

This winter I installed a Zero Gravity windscreen to find that the deek-hole who last worked on my bike failed to match up the plastics. If you have an S model take the time to fit all fairing plastics perfectly. Cut back on the buzz!

Mongo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 12, 2005, 11:53:59 PM »

Don't waste your money on a bar snake I recently made the mistake of installing one on my 02 1200S only to find no change in vibration or numbness in my right hand!

flip · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2005, 12:50:08 AM »

I got a package from Manic Salamander Friday. My wife and I are going to ride up to Boone and Blowing Rock Saturday morning. That should be a good test.

flip · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2005, 07:14:02 PM »

The Manic Salamander bar end weights worked great. I rode a long way today with the tach staying in the 5000-6000rpm range. Before today, my right hand would have been asleep in 10 minutes. It tingled some but never did go numb. Surprisingly, I did get that numb feeling when I got in some heavy traffic on wet roads going down off of Blowing Rock. Traffic was going slow and I was kind of just coasting , taching between 3000-4000 rpm. I didn't notice much vibes there, I just went numb at an rpm that it never happened at before. I can live with that trade off. I doubt I really need to travel for several minutes at 3000-4000rpms.

Mongo · « **Reply #13 on:** August 14, 2005, 09:18:53 PM »

Flip,

The message you posted in April said you filled your bars with lead shot; did you remove the shot and then put on the new bar ends? I was going to try to pull the bar snake out of my bars this week and try filling them with shot.

What seems to be the major difference with the Manic Salamander bar end weights over the stock ones? I had to remove the stock ones from mine when I installed the bar snake and replaced them with a smaller set from moto boss. The stock ones seemed to be pretty heavy!

Mongo · « **Reply #14 on:** August 17, 2005, 11:57:17 PM »

I spoke with the guys from bar snake and was willing to work on little science fair projects to see if I can resolve the issue. They were very willing to work with me or refund my money.

I'll keep you posted on the out come!