Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
V-V-V-Vvviiiibrations!!!!!
Are your hands going numb after a few otherwise pleasurable miles on your hack of choice?
There are a few things you can do to tame the vibrations that you're more than likely dealing with right now.
Bars:
You've decided to stick with some form of handlebars, either because of necessity (clip-ons can be spendy) or taste...but your digits go all tingly after a couple dashes though your favorite canyon. If your bars are one piece ie; drag bars, superbike bars and even apes, you have a couple areas to pay attention to.
1) Check your mounts. If you have rubber isolated risers, check those donuts and replace worn or damaged parts as needed.
2) Weights. Seems simple, but the addition of bar end weights from just about any modern bike will help the situation by changing the assemblies resonant frequency (what RPM it's going to shake the worst at).
3) Fill. Try filling your hollow bars with something like birdshot or copper BBs. This will also go miles toward moving the worst of the vibrations out of the bandwidth or normal use, meaning that perhaps they still shake at idle and above 9krpm but from off idle up to that point they will be much smoother on the old paws. I've known some crafty guys who've gone so far as to fill their bars with BBs then go back and backfill the entire bar/BB combo with silicone caulk. I didn't ride that bike but I've heard that it's very nice on the hands.
4) Grips. Looks at most old school (as they pertain to us) race or cafe bikes and you're likely to see similarly old school puffy grips. Adding a bit of cush at the grip is a good way to ease the buzz......and they look cool. You now have a number of color choices including some neat two tones I've seen lately.
I've done all the above (except the caulk) on several of my bikes that are equipped with bars and they work well.
Clip-ons
The same approach can be taken with your clip-ons though probably not to the extent above. However, it will still help.
In the case of these Tomaselli adjustables, there's not much room for fill but one can still manage a nice chubby bar end weight and puffy grips.
Are your hands going numb after a few otherwise pleasurable miles on your hack of choice?
There are a few things you can do to tame the vibrations that you're more than likely dealing with right now.
Bars:
You've decided to stick with some form of handlebars, either because of necessity (clip-ons can be spendy) or taste...but your digits go all tingly after a couple dashes though your favorite canyon. If your bars are one piece ie; drag bars, superbike bars and even apes, you have a couple areas to pay attention to.
1) Check your mounts. If you have rubber isolated risers, check those donuts and replace worn or damaged parts as needed.
2) Weights. Seems simple, but the addition of bar end weights from just about any modern bike will help the situation by changing the assemblies resonant frequency (what RPM it's going to shake the worst at).
3) Fill. Try filling your hollow bars with something like birdshot or copper BBs. This will also go miles toward moving the worst of the vibrations out of the bandwidth or normal use, meaning that perhaps they still shake at idle and above 9krpm but from off idle up to that point they will be much smoother on the old paws. I've known some crafty guys who've gone so far as to fill their bars with BBs then go back and backfill the entire bar/BB combo with silicone caulk. I didn't ride that bike but I've heard that it's very nice on the hands.
4) Grips. Looks at most old school (as they pertain to us) race or cafe bikes and you're likely to see similarly old school puffy grips. Adding a bit of cush at the grip is a good way to ease the buzz......and they look cool. You now have a number of color choices including some neat two tones I've seen lately.
I've done all the above (except the caulk) on several of my bikes that are equipped with bars and they work well.
Clip-ons
The same approach can be taken with your clip-ons though probably not to the extent above. However, it will still help.
In the case of these Tomaselli adjustables, there's not much room for fill but one can still manage a nice chubby bar end weight and puffy grips.
