handle bar vibration..

[pete]

how the hell do yer cure it...
it's getting to the stage where I have to rest every
30mins or so when rideing the XT660R... My XR250
I have no real issues on...

my hand goes numb cant feel the levers... Ever tryed useing the
front brake on gravel when yer can't feel the lever..
Almost had a couple of good offs locking up the front..

[SpudRider]

Aluminum handlebars are supposed to reduce vibration. You can also try loading BBs into the handlebars. The vibranator is also supposed to work well. ;)

http://www.vibranator.com/

Spud :)

[Weldangrind]

I use aluminum bars and I wear Mechanix M-Pact gloves. The gloves are padded on the palm to reduce vibration.

[pete]

I have just taken the alloy fat bars off... as they seem to
have made it worse...

not riden it yet... but have
put steel bars back on..
filled them with sand in the lower section.
made vibanators & bar end weights.
ordered a pair of spyder M1 vibe reduceing grips...

any thing ealse yer know of ?

Gloves... never thought of gloves to reduce the vibes...
maybe these http://www.activesafety.co.nz/nz-safety-shop/gloves/youngstown-anti-vibe-gloves

[Weldangrind]

Those gloves look like they'll do the trick. I can't imagine that steel bars will vibrate less than steel.

[zingshoen]

pete, i know what you re saying. had this prob on the dr4oo supermoto. of course changing the sprockets or a bigger engine would reduce vibration, but short of that: on the dr400 i put on vibranators and stage 3 something grips from the mc shop, the one s which reduce vibration the most. and it works. between those two mods i can ride for a couple of hours and then the vibrations i feel are in my bum and in the legs, up through the pegs, my hands and arms smile, so to speak.