duck
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AJ.Valente wrote:Handlebars should not give under normal operation; riding, cornering, braking, and placing on the center stand.
Otherwise, they will give when, for instance, bouncing the front end in effort to seat the wheel after maintenance--that type of thing.
-aj
I wish somebody would've told BMW that. I found the stock handlebar mounts on both my K1100LT and K100 to be quite mushy. The K1100RS also had some but it din't seem as extreme - I suspect because it has less handlebar leverage than the LT bars.
Obviously, the reason BMW did this was to reduce handlebar vibes from the engine but a well-tuned engine can get rid of a lot of that. Since the K75 motor is so smooth the handlebars mount directly to the upper fork tree with no need for anti-vibe rubber.
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