My ATV tends to vibrate in the handlebars -How can i fix?

Question

ATV vibrates in handlebars-how can I fix? Does that stuff called VIBEFREE work? it is a bottle containing granules that you mix with water and inject it in your handlebars or that stuff called THE BAR SNAKE-rubber that also injects inside the hbars claiming to reduce vibration OR should and or can i replace my handlebars? Any ideas or help would be great! thanks

Answer 1

I pity the guy with the Tecate! They shake so hard that the plastic would often fail from the vibration! Your vibration can be caused by many things from loose engine bolts to poor design. Run a wrench over all your motor mounts and frame bolts. Torque them to specs and replace any that are worn. You may need to go to a larger diameter bolt if it is too small and moves in the mounting holes. If your machine is equipped with an engine counter balancer make sure the timing is correct. If nothing is loose or broken then you are facing a design problem. Some stuff just vibrates. The post by the Tecate rider is right on the money for those cases. I remember taking one apart down to the frame and filling the frame with anti-vibe foam. We did the bars, tubing, etc. It was much better but still shook like a pole dancer on crack!

Answer 2

I just tough it up and live with it. I had a 73 Yamaha SC 500 2 stroke that used to vibrate bad enough to the point of numbing your hands after 2 hours. The engine had a counter balancer but it didn't help when the piston was the size of a small block Chevy. My 85 Husqvarna 250 cross country isn't much better. Cgriffin, You keeping the Tecate or selling it like you asked a couple weeks ago? Later, Morgan

Answer 3

My 2 stroke tecate KXT250 vibrates like mad also - I put on 2" riser FLY bars and used a rubber isolator in the trip;e cl;amps and in the bar brace.

It took 50% of the vibes away instantly.

Then I went and got a pair of the gel grips - and it is pretty nice to ride now.

Before after about 1 hour I would have to stop and rest - my habds would be numb.

Answer 4

You're the guy with the Chinese ATV, right? You keep asking this question. Now you know why your Chinese-made ATV was cheaper than a Japanese model. Goods manufactured in China have a lower standard of quality than goods from most other countries. I'm not picking on the Chinese people, it's just that their standards are not as high as in the Western World or Japan.

Answer 5

You get what you pay for!
Try this - at the handlebar clamps, wrap the handlebars with an inner tube.