1983 GS1100E-Both my clutch and front brake leavers vibrate uncontrollably when bike is at idle. At higher RPMs they don't. Are there bushings or washers that I can replace to snug things up some on the leavers?Thankyou.
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Never really noticed if mine vibrates or not. If they did, I probably wouldn't care much anyway, but surely you can tighten the bolts the levers are sandwiched in. I would think if the clutch cable pulled tight that would snug things up up a bit.
Next time I ride I'll have to check that out as far as the vibrating goes.
I do know the glass in my mirror does, but I'll eventually replace those also. -
I just bought a brand new Suzuki clutch lever & it vibrates too. Tightening the bolt won't do any good. I have been searching for a more modern set of adjustable clutch & brake levers but to no avail. I guess we live with it.Comment
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Might try getting some "wave washers" at the hardware store to put in the space above the lever.
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Had that on a couple of Yammies over the years and I made washers/shims out of the plastic from milk jugs or food containers (i.e. margarine, cheese, icream etc.). Just thick enough to tighten things and somewhat self lubricating as it were.
You might need to experiment to find the right thickness and whatever you use there should, of course, be some play and no binding.
Luck,
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Are you using mirrors that mount into the lever pulls?
Until today I had a similar problem, where the levers would vibrate like mad when idling, and at some other RPMs too.
Today I swapped mirrors to some Napoleon Style bar ends, (because I wanted to see behind me better
) but when riding I noticed that my levers didn't vibrate anymore.
I don't know whether it was because the mirrors act as a bar end weight, and dampen the vibration, or the old stalk mirrors would AMPLIFY the vibrations into the levers, but for some reason it is fixed now.Comment
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