Pretty funny Marty!
Sorry, I was under the impression that a forum was a place to share information, not to tell people go look for it yourself. But still, appreciate the effort you put in being sarcastic.
Looks like ZGGTR is starting to resemble COG...oh well.
cheers pal!
No, lets not let this place get like the other one. This has always been THE place where we can talk about new ideas, thoughts and products without fear of 8 cronies jumping in and attacking or defending the old way...
The members, here, were always cool to argue with as well. The arguments did not always end in agreement, but there was always a lot to be learned from the experience.
As far as "search", well, go figure......it is a 10 year old bike, and most topics have been covered...but, these bar ends were new, for me, and I dont mind talking about them. Even if its been covered 237 times before.
Regarding the vibration, for sure do check any and all possible sources before buying a band aid for the problem. Its stupid to buy these heavy bar ends if your vibration is because of a loose exhaust, or such...
But, assuming you have no loose bolts, engine mounts, exhaust mounts, etc, here are the heavy bar ends I mentioned.
http://www.hvmp.com/Kawasaki-s/1.htm
I bought the "extra heavy" set. Way too expensive for a piece of well finished bar stock, but they do work really well.
They weigh just over 1lb, each....they show the "extra heavy" as being 17.2oz. Im guessing but they are probably 3-4 times as heavy as our stock bar ends...If my wife was mad, you would not want her throwing one of these at you.
I bought mine on ebay, used, and paid less, but after using them, I would have gladly paid the 85.00 or so for a new set.
As soon as I can, I'll get a set for my ninja 1000. The ninja has 10x as much vibration as the c14, and they worked awesoem on it, as well.
With these on the 14, and an Ivans reflashed ecu, the vibration is reduced to pretty much nothing. Way less than stock...
Awesome, this is the kinda response I was expecting! truly appreciate you taking the time to give me your input. As I was saying, the vibration on mine is driving me crazy; my hands go numb within 5 minutes. I would love to buy a set of extra heavy used ones for my 2012 C14, but if not, I might just end up buying them new. I'm quite interested by what you mentioned; I saw a lot of postings on how the re-torque-ing of the engine mounts might help with the vibration, but since you mentioned it, which other locations may need to be re-tightened as well that might be affected vibrations on the handlebards? I'm just trying to be thorough. The more specific you can be, the better!
Thanks again man, great review and I've already started looking into these; something needs to be done about this stupid vibrations!
When I got my 14, all I saw was a wall of plastic and strange rivets holding it together. The bike had under 2000 mile son it and was not even broken in.
My first move was to order freds maintenance videos. They helped a lot with regards to removing plastic, and pretty much anything the bike will ever need, maintenance wise.. Well worth the 80.00, or so, they cost.
http://www.angelridevideos.com/concours.html
After that, I bought a shop manual and just went down the torque table and checked each line item. Go figure, after that much time and effort, everything was fine....mostly...
The only strange things i've had that loosened up were the exhaust header nuts.
I was able to go in and tighten these (8mm, i believe???..maybe 10mm) nuts using a 1/4 inch drive socket set.
I used my socket, then a 1/4" universal joint, 4 inch extension, and my ratchet. Its a tight fit, but very do-able without removing panels.
How many miles on your bike, and has it had any large maintenance activities?
If someone has had the bike apart, for maintenance, its probably not a bad idea to remove the fairing pieces and just start checking.
I do not think so: I know Marty fairly well and he is just not mean- spirited at all. I am quite confident he was being amusing and had no intent otherwise.
Sometimes the written communication just does not convey the right meaning, or all the meaning.
Damn, I could have sworn I heard something like that very recently...
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=22964.msg285442#msg285442
In regards to vibration, I guess I am lucky, or maybe even typical (??) I have very little... and my 2011 now has over 30K miles. I did have to use grip-puppies on the grips because the stock ones are hard as a rock.
Pretty funny Marty!
Sorry, I was under the impression that a forum was a place to share information, not to tell people go look for it yourself. But still, appreciate the effort you put in being sarcastic.
Looks like ZGGTR is starting to resemble COG...oh well.
I had to look it up (HVMP) and then I thought I'd do a maxtog impression, and show you what I found in a little too smart ass of way.
If yours is a gen1, could have been a hit to the oil pad plug area.
Well, you are way off. I spend a significant amount of time trying to locate information for people, and then give them direct links to the information they need which will help them, often with additional commentary about the topic.
I never insult people by just sending them to
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?action=search2
or http://lmgtfy.com/
If you don't know the difference, that is bad. If you think calling it a "Max impression" is funny, I am telling you I don't think it is at all and really don't appreciate it. Since you seem to be willing to apologize, I think you should apologize to me, next...
OH good grief! Yes I did find it amusing, however this place just isn't as fun as it used to be. I've tried to help folks too you know.
OK, max', I apologize for all the times I've picked on you. We all appreciate the hard work you do around here keeping things organized, and the inmates aware of old threads and their locations. I won't pick on you out loud anymore.
OH good grief!
Yes I did find it amusing, however this place just isn't as fun as it used to be.
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I know you are a good guy-
I know you are a good guy- butHow can you be so sure...? And how do you know he's even a guy....? This is the internet after all...