Vibrations on the clip ons

acotrel said:

There is another friend of mine who used to have a sponsored ride on a genuine CR750 Honda. He did not like it. I rode a CB750 when they were new, it was like riding a brick. On the race track, my 500cc Triton used to make them look stupid. They did not go until the guys fitted CB450 pistons into them and made them into 830cc. I am surprised the first Commandos were not fitted with a bathtub rear mudguard, like the Triumph Thunderbird - designed for the guys who wore duffle coats and desert boots.
The Mini Minor destroyed the motorcycle industry in the UK, It was not the Japanese.

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Dear AL, for sure you are a very clever man, the problem is that as a lot of clever men, you think that all the others are idiots.
Yves

Hi there, thanks everybody for all your idees, I will try it, you know me: I never give op, every problem as a solution.
I really wish to stay on the Seeley for years.
I don't see my self on a Harley or a Gold Wing.
Thanks
Yves

yves norton seeley said:

Hi there, thanks everybody for all your idees, I will try it, you know me: I never give op, every problem as a solution.
I really wish to stay on the Seeley for years.
I don't see my self on a Harley or a Gold Wing.
Thanks
Yves

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Well Yves, now you mention it, most big Harley’s do have rubber mounted handle bars!

What about a solid round bar up the inside of the clip on bars the same length of the bars.

Ashley

ashman said:

What about a solid round bar up the inside of the clip on bars the same length of the bars.

Ashley

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I have seen some weights which fit into the ends of handle bars to damp out vibrations – might solve your problem ?

Yves, I don’t think you understand. You have said you’ve got vibes, but you have not said at what revs and in which gears they occur. A lot depends on how you use your bike. But at 7000 RPM in top gear, your motor should run dead smooth, and anywhere else you should only get a pulse. If you usually take your bike out on the back roads and fang it, that is different to riding it in traffic. From the time I was 18 until I was 27, I rode hot Triumph 650s around the streets of Melbourne. Then I realised my days were numbered, so I went road racing for about 12 years. Racing a solo is totally different to riding one on public roads. Ashleigh has suggested I should register my Seeley 850. If I peaked it out in first gear in our town, I would be doing 3 times the speed limit.

I don't blame anybody for not road racing their bike, but using a motorcycle in the way God intended is the best fun anyone can have. I cannot understand why anyone would want to road race an R1 Yamaha. Your eyes would be wide open with terror. Yet people ride them on public roads.

acotrel said:

I don't blame anybody for not road racing their bike, but using a motorcycle in the way God intended is the best fun anyone can have. I cannot understand why anyone would want to road race an R1 Yamaha. Your eyes would be wide open with terror. Yet people ride them on public roads.

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Al you should come ride with me and my mates I have been riding with for over 45 years, we ride our bikes the way GOD intended and we have so much fun trying to out do each other, no need for no friggin race track, we did a 530 km ride on Sunday on some of the best twisties roads I have ever been on and some roads I have never been on before, better than any race track I can tell you.

Ashley

PS Al you could always change 1st gear on your Seerley to tame it for the road, well any gear for that matter and enjoy your bike when ever you want and you keep saying that your motor is pretty well stock.

ashman said:

Al you should come ride with me and my mates I have been riding with for over 45 years, we ride our bikes the way GOD intended and we have so much fun trying to out do each other, no need for no friggin race track, we did a 530 km ride on Sunday on some of the best twisties roads I have ever been on and some roads I have never been on before, better than any race track I can tell you.

Ashley

PS Al you could always change 1st gear on your Seerley to tame it for the road, well any gear for that matter and enjoy your bike when ever you want and you keep saying that your motor is pretty well stock.

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Amen, Brother.
A moto trip to OZ , is on my bucket list.

concours said:

Amen, Brother.
A moto trip to OZ , is on my bucket list.

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If you ever get to make it down under and to S.E Queensland let me know willing to show you some great places and roads, even a spare bike on hand for a ride, we are a friendly bunch down here and enjoy good friendships.

Ashley

When I first moved to Benalla, I had a registered RD250 LC Yamaha. It I rode it far enough, I could find a bit of twisty road. But everywhere else, I felt as though I had a great big target painted on my back. When you road race, if you are first into a corner, it is your corner. On public roads, the car drivers don't even see you in front of them, because you don't represent a threat. And some of the idiots are homicidal anyway.
I appreciate what you are saying about having a derby with your mates, but it is no fun if you end up dead. And it is much more likely to happen on public roads. If I lived in Melbourne, there is a group of old road racers I could ride with every Sunday morning. What they do is horrendous. Because you can road-race a motorcycle, it does not mean you have immunity - BEEN THERE, DONE THAT ! - I got smarter.
If I could get a race tomorrow, I would do it with absolutely no anxiety - but riding slowly down the main street of our town would worry me. The crash only has to be at walking pace. On a road race circuit, you can usually step off safely at 100 MPH.
There was a friend of mine who used to say 'people see trees on the sides of the roads and worry, but they should be looking at the gaps between them'.

Around Benalla, most of the roads are almost straight. You would have to take them at 200 KPH to make them interesting. An oncoming police car can spot you and clock you at about 1 KM distance. In the bush, it is very difficult to live if you don't have a licence.

More off topic bullshit.

Anyway what about the solid round bar the full lenght of the clipon's that's a nice tight fit, I have done it to normal bars with a solid bit of round up the end of the bar to the first bend to the end of the bar with good results, better result than end weights, but the round solid bar has to be a tight fit for it to work. most handle bars today are very thin walled less than 2 mm thick, on my 850 Featherbed I am running Rentral alloy bars with 6mm wall thickness and no vibrations at all.

Ashley

maylar said:

More off topic bullshit.

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What is off-topic about trying to ride what is essentially a race bike on public roads and not being able to live with it. Vibes are part of the story - a minor part. Guys spend a lifetime trying to convert road bikes into historic racers. Going in the reverse direction is even more difficult. I have known guys who have had long stroke Manx Nortons as their road bikes. Even those are a pain. Times have changed - you cannot be a lair these days, all the speed cameras are electronic.

I have to laugh when I watch guys riding Hyabusas and faster, on Youtube. They usually give them a tiny squirt, then back-off in a hurry. They never hold them on for even one complete kilometre. The ones on the autobahns in Germany seem to be used with a bit of will-power.
Yves' Seeley is probably fast enough to get someone into a bit of trouble. What I like about Seeley Commandos is - on a race track, they are relatively slow.