Engine Vibration continues

Claviger said:
When I was in Hawaii it drove me nuts riding with the HD crowd. They all cruised at like 58mph.... its not a happy speed on the rocket, even stock. Always 5 mph too slow for 5th, but seemed too high in 4th to be comfortable lol.
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60 MPH iin 5th gear is no problem for either of my ROCKETS
 
Climbing the hills in Hawaii it lugs the motor a bit. Just a factor of the terrain.
 
No, you actually don't. I guarantee the roads in Hawaii are entirely different than the mountains on the East coast, I've lived both places.
 
Claviger said:
No, you actually don't. I guarantee the roads in Hawaii are entirely different than the mountains on the East coast, I've lived both places.
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I was ther several times and I think we have more challenging roads
 


So here is what I have decided to do. Machined out a 1/2" washer so it is a interference fit on the rivet head. I am going to use epoxy and peen it slightly to keep it in place. Makes it so I can easily remove it if things don't work out. I will either have the smoothest Rocket around or my wife is gonna want to go riding more. Just a waiting game for the parts from Triumph before I can run the engine and who knows when I'll be able to take it for a ride


View of my back yard
 
Good luck! Really looking forward to the outcome. On shorter trips the vibration isn't a big deal, but on a 600+ mile ride it gets to be tedious.
 
She lives!!! Finished putting her together and fired her up tonight. The engine feels smoother to me. I have a HD helmet lock on the handle bars and there is a bar that would vibrate around when I reved it before and doesn't seem to now. I tried putting pressure on clutch lever at 2400 rpm and it still smooths out a little but it doesn't feel like the vibration is as bad as before. The real test will be on the road but sorry guys, that's not gonna be for a while yet. You can be sure it will be as soon as the weather allows. Really want to see how new pistons and cams work. Should be around 200hp now
 
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