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'17 v7 III stone; handlebar mount wiggle

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jwegman

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Good day all, my first post here on guzzitech, here's a hopefully simply question...

I've had my 'new out of the dealership' v7 III stone for a few weeks now (MN in March/April is killing me) and have ~140 miles on the ODO... This evening I had began to notice that the handlebar mounts are soft mounted through the "upper steering yoke" and that I'm able to pull fore/aft on the bars and find that they noticeably wiggle...

What I'm trying to determine, is how much wiggle is normal? Or should it be fairly stiff?

I've checked that the bottom nuts of the M10x60 bolts holding the upper and lower handle bar U-bolt assembly are tight (I wasn't able to tighten them any further with some moderate force); however note that I did not loosen and try to re-torque them back up to the 36.88lb ft spec...

Regards,
Jake in MN
 
Jake,

The V9s also have the soft mount. When I swapped the bars on my V9 I also noticed what I thought was significant movement. What solved the problem for me was actually tightening down the actual handlebar clamps. Guess that added some structural rigidity that solved my problem.
 
Thanks for the reply Mike,

A quick check of my M8 bolts on the u-bolt clamps found that they were at least as tight as the 18.44 lb ft spec... I've ordered a set of new upper and lower rubber spacers and the spacer tube (which looks to control how much squish can be applied to the rubber spacers by the M10x60 bolt)... My intent is to first examine the condition of the existing rubber spacers, and presuming they aren't torn/crumbling, experiment with shortening the spacer tube a little to get more squish to see if that firms things up... If they were torn/crumbling, just replace them while leaving the stock length spacer tube. Heck, I may shorten it too, who knows :)

Regards,
Jake
 
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