Bar snake?

[miket]

I Cant feel my hands!!!

Has anyone used bar snake? If so is it easy?i have kn superbike bars.They also make a liquid snake.Whos done it. How do you like it?

[Steve]

I have not used a bar snake, but vibrations can be greatly reduced with a good tune-up.

Adjusting the valves and synchronizing the carbs go a long way to smoothing out the engine.

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[salty_monk]

Bar ends from Manic Salamander do a better job than the bar snake... I've tried both.

Dan

[koolaid_kid]

I made my own bar snake, it is not that difficult. On my KZ750, I found the combination of both the bar snake and the bar ends did the trick.

[Mitch]

Where can I find bar ends???

[koolaid_kid]

http://www.manicsalamander.com/bar_end_weight.htm

[Chris]

I would think you'd get the same effect as a bar snake by filling your handlebars with lead shot.

Heavier certainly but I have no idea how much vibration would be damped out.

[twr1776]

04-27-2010 10:15 PM Steve Adjusting the valves and synchronizing the carbs go a long way to smoothing out the engine.

+1, I would do this first

#3 04-27-2010, 10:46 PM salty_monk Bar ends from Manic Salamander do a better job than the bar snake... I've tried both.

I have also tried both and did not see much of a result from the Bar Snake either. The Manics will definately help.

[koolaid_kid]

One thing to note with both solutions: They do not eliminate the vibrations. The vibrations are caused by harmonics generated by your engine, which may be minimized by correct tuning.
These solutions merely move the harmonics to a more acceptable range, which can work for your application, but there is no guarantee. The bar snake may be emulated by using lead shot, as suggested.

[tkent02]

I can't imagine even thinking about it on a bike as smooth as a GS.
You have a bent crankshaft or something?

[koolaid_kid]

I have been on much smoother, such as a VFR800 I rented while in California.
My GS1100E vibrates enough to make my hands want to go to sleep after an hour or so at highway speeds.
These are normally caused by second and third order harmonics from the engine, which some manufacturers minimize by using counterbalancers.