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Hello everyone,
I rode my pani for 200 miles on the hwy yesterday and notice a lot of vibrations coming from the handlebars,does anybody experienced the same?
Thank you all.
 
Stop giving the bars a death grip, they are for steering and not to hold your body up with. If you are feeling vibrations from this smooth twin, then you are gripping the bars too hard.
 
George Villar said:
Stop giving the bars a death grip, they are for steering and not to hold your body up with. If you are feeling vibrations from this smooth twin, then you are gripping the bars too hard.
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+1 Twins do vibrate but the Pani is silky smooth. Ease up on the grip man lol
 
i think it depends on your hands anatomy and where your nerves are.
For example, i have never felt my hands go numb on my aprilias, but for example when i ride my cannondale roadbike...
i also feel it when riding the panigale. maybe adjusting the angle of the steering bars helps... i will definitely check out different bar ends, too... any input appreciated as well!
 
I was about to post the same. I find that when riding with a lot of steering input, I start to notice my hands being sore from the vibrations. Didn't really pick up on it until this trip at the gap. Previously it was my palms being sore from bar input, now it feels more sore from the vibrations. I'll work on lighter on the bars, but hard when the road is super twisty, requiring a lot of input on the bars. Not like a sweepers or a normal racetrack where there is some time between the corners.

I feel it more on my left hand.

More riding adjustments in my future. I'm trying to work on body position and this may be affecting my hands.

Chris
 
I found softer grips reduced the vibration a bit. One thing that I have really noticed is that the return spring on the throttle is heavier than what was on my gixxer. I wish that it was a bit lighter.
 
Another thing you may want to look at is how are your wrist while riding? Put your hand and for arm flat on a table and see how they are in-line with each other. A common mistake a lot of street rider do is they leave their brake and clutch lever at the OEM angle, and most of the time it puts your wrists at a bent up/bent back angle. Correcting the lever position will increase blood flow which decreases blood loss which then decreases the tingly feeling of hands falling asleep.
 
It's easy, just examine the way you grip the bars. It should be similar to gripping a screwdriver. TRY IT!!!!!!
 
My bars are buzzy too.........not as silky smooth as some here have declared..........various RPM ranges produce various amount of buzz!
 
twins by definition have more vibration than inline 4, it's natural going to be transmitted in the bars. If it's really an issue you can always go to a heavier bar end weight.

SteveNunez said:
My bars are buzzy too.........not as silky smooth as some here have declared..........various RPM ranges produce various amount of buzz!
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heavier than the 300 g already installed :D ?
 
If you change the weight used on the bar ends it will impact the frequency of the bar vibrations. This change in frequency may result is less numbing in your hards.
 
Come to think of it- the handlebar buzz is what is causing me to "tire" while riding- the buzz is indeed "strong".........if the bike were smoother- I could ride it for longer periods of time.....go for some padded gloves with this mount!
Sheesh that's when you know you're getting old- when handlebar vibrations are bothering you......I can't imagine how bad riding a H/D must be!

The future will be wild with silent, smooth electric bikes.........too bad that will be the next generation....I doubt I'll own one that can match today's sportbikes in my lifetime- but who knows!
 
vibrating bars

I rode the demo bike at my dealers last week and the vibes were one of the first things i noticed. When i got back the shop my right arm was tingling. I"d ridden 50 miles to the shop on my 1098 and was fine on that and on the same roads. I hold the bars lightly and i"m always aware of this so the steering tracks naturally. It only seemed to be really noticeable(the vibes) when holding a steady throttle position. Anyway I can"t be having that as a problem to me so i"ve bought a set of Euro-Racing carbon fibre clip on tubes. Gonna swap out the OE ones. Taking delivery of my Tri this saturday(14th) can"t wait. Just going to make it better.
 
I measured 1199 grips to be 3 3/4 " around v. 4" for 1198 stock grips
Thinner grips may cause some aching in hands
I'm going put 1198 grips om my 1199 as an experiment
 
Check the tightness of the bolts that hold the clip-ops. I felt a vibration on the right clip-on on my ride this past Sunday. When I got home and checked, the two bolts were lose so I snugged them up and now vibration is gone.

It is very true though, TWINS VIBRATE. the Panigale is smooth no doubt, but not as smooth as an inline 4. Everyone should check the tightness of a fastners every 200-300 miles!
 

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