Little Ed
New Member
I apologize for recreating this topic which was closed by others who felt our vibration claims had no merit, no solution, or they just got tired of hearing about it.
I am now approaching 22,000 miles, and have lived (suffered) with the noted vibration at varying degrees for the two years I have owned my bike. I drive year round, every day to work, unless the temperature is below 9 degrees F. or there is a risk of snow/ice, or salt is sprayed onto the road. The vibration problem is now fixed, and the bike is working perfectly. I now plan to purchase my hard bags, which I have delayed the purchase of, due to the high probability I would eventually discard the bike. Ironically, over the near 22,000 miles I have ridden, my overall average MPG is 71MPG. (total miles divided by total gallons..accounting for gallons to the third digit). Regardless of the excellent mileage, the vibration under load conditions has always frustrated me.
For those who have been on this forum, you may recall 2 years ago, that I had addressed my concerns about my bike having an engine vibration whenever the engine was taxed, especially in the upper gears. The vibration was extremely pronounced when accelerating at the higher gears or when trying to maintain speed. This vibration existed since the day I purchased the bike. I could not recall these symptoms when driving the test bike which I drove the day prior to picking up my bike. Sadly, the test bike was out for the weekend, and I decided to take the bike I had returned to the dealer (160 miles away) to purchase. Over the initial 6 months of ownership the vibration problem gradually worsened, and then began to subside...NOT eliminated. I was almost at the point of trading, or upgrading..however, I did not see another bike that I wanted. During this period of worsening vibration and performance, I spent time scoping the spark signals, verifying the engine compression, valve clearances, etc. I never could find anything obvious except for the fact that the HV spark signal was weaker in one cylinder, indicating a spark or fuel combustion difference.
After seeing many articles and "You tube" videos of folks describing engine performance and vibration problems cause by imbalanced injectors I decided to build my own injector tester to compare my own.. a noble ambition, that I never had time to complete. In the interim, after several 800 mile trips, I realized why I needed hard bags but I would not invest in the upgrade until I resolved the vibration problem. Bottom Line, I ordered 2 new injectors hoping that the two I ordered would be "good" and work properly. That was a risk...after all, the ones on my bike were new, but obviously one was bad from 'day one".
Bottom line-- I completed the injector installation today and have driven my bike over 50 miles. Repeatedly driving over the same hills and varying higher gear load conditions(in 4th thru 6th) that I have driven over 1,000 times in the past two year. BOTTOM LINE----MY VIBRATION IS GONE!!!
I still plan to build the injector test jig, to test my injectors that I removed. With retirement on the near horizon, I should have the time..unless I am trekking.
I am now approaching 22,000 miles, and have lived (suffered) with the noted vibration at varying degrees for the two years I have owned my bike. I drive year round, every day to work, unless the temperature is below 9 degrees F. or there is a risk of snow/ice, or salt is sprayed onto the road. The vibration problem is now fixed, and the bike is working perfectly. I now plan to purchase my hard bags, which I have delayed the purchase of, due to the high probability I would eventually discard the bike. Ironically, over the near 22,000 miles I have ridden, my overall average MPG is 71MPG. (total miles divided by total gallons..accounting for gallons to the third digit). Regardless of the excellent mileage, the vibration under load conditions has always frustrated me.
For those who have been on this forum, you may recall 2 years ago, that I had addressed my concerns about my bike having an engine vibration whenever the engine was taxed, especially in the upper gears. The vibration was extremely pronounced when accelerating at the higher gears or when trying to maintain speed. This vibration existed since the day I purchased the bike. I could not recall these symptoms when driving the test bike which I drove the day prior to picking up my bike. Sadly, the test bike was out for the weekend, and I decided to take the bike I had returned to the dealer (160 miles away) to purchase. Over the initial 6 months of ownership the vibration problem gradually worsened, and then began to subside...NOT eliminated. I was almost at the point of trading, or upgrading..however, I did not see another bike that I wanted. During this period of worsening vibration and performance, I spent time scoping the spark signals, verifying the engine compression, valve clearances, etc. I never could find anything obvious except for the fact that the HV spark signal was weaker in one cylinder, indicating a spark or fuel combustion difference.
After seeing many articles and "You tube" videos of folks describing engine performance and vibration problems cause by imbalanced injectors I decided to build my own injector tester to compare my own.. a noble ambition, that I never had time to complete. In the interim, after several 800 mile trips, I realized why I needed hard bags but I would not invest in the upgrade until I resolved the vibration problem. Bottom Line, I ordered 2 new injectors hoping that the two I ordered would be "good" and work properly. That was a risk...after all, the ones on my bike were new, but obviously one was bad from 'day one".
Bottom line-- I completed the injector installation today and have driven my bike over 50 miles. Repeatedly driving over the same hills and varying higher gear load conditions(in 4th thru 6th) that I have driven over 1,000 times in the past two year. BOTTOM LINE----MY VIBRATION IS GONE!!!
I still plan to build the injector test jig, to test my injectors that I removed. With retirement on the near horizon, I should have the time..unless I am trekking.
