coldcanuck
Tuned and Synch'ed
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- Apr 28, 2010
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I just picked up my '09 Stelvio from MI on Monday and now have almost 2,500 miles on it as a result of my journey to the east coast. Obviously I have not had a chance to get the first service done at the 900 mile mark, but I did get the oil changed. This is my first V-twin with my previous bike being a I4 (and various single cylinder dirt bikes). I had Dave install some bush guards on the handlebars which had end weights that were slightly larger than the originals.
The problem is that there is a nasty vibration in the handle bars, and in particular the right hand one. After 30 minutes your hand is numb. The mirror on the right-hand site also has a vibration in it that wasn't there when I picked the bike up in Seattle, so I suspect the vibration is rattling the hell out of the mirror. It is so bad that I had to stop at a dealership enroute and pick up a throttle lock so I could finish my trip. THe oil change seemed to have helped a bit (either that or the previous three days of riding killed all the nerve endings in my right hand!)
I haven't heard of anyone else complain about excessive handlebar vibrations on this forum, so I can't believe this vibration is normal. Having never ridden a Guzzi before, or any V-twin for that matter, I can't say if this is out of the ordinary for the Stelvio, although I suspect if it was normal then there would be a lot fewer happy customers on this forum. THe bike handles fine at speed (95 mph) so I doubt the problem relates to an unbalanced front tire.
I will take it in for its first servicing next week and get them to investigate. Any ideas here?
Also, in the first three days the LCD cut out intermittently, requiring me to turn off the bike and restart it. This happened at least a dozxen times over the three days, but never reoccured in the subsequent two. I thought I read a thread about a poorly sealed dash, so I will look for that again.
coldcanuck
The problem is that there is a nasty vibration in the handle bars, and in particular the right hand one. After 30 minutes your hand is numb. The mirror on the right-hand site also has a vibration in it that wasn't there when I picked the bike up in Seattle, so I suspect the vibration is rattling the hell out of the mirror. It is so bad that I had to stop at a dealership enroute and pick up a throttle lock so I could finish my trip. THe oil change seemed to have helped a bit (either that or the previous three days of riding killed all the nerve endings in my right hand!)
I haven't heard of anyone else complain about excessive handlebar vibrations on this forum, so I can't believe this vibration is normal. Having never ridden a Guzzi before, or any V-twin for that matter, I can't say if this is out of the ordinary for the Stelvio, although I suspect if it was normal then there would be a lot fewer happy customers on this forum. THe bike handles fine at speed (95 mph) so I doubt the problem relates to an unbalanced front tire.
I will take it in for its first servicing next week and get them to investigate. Any ideas here?
Also, in the first three days the LCD cut out intermittently, requiring me to turn off the bike and restart it. This happened at least a dozxen times over the three days, but never reoccured in the subsequent two. I thought I read a thread about a poorly sealed dash, so I will look for that again.
coldcanuck