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Happens to me too - even at low speeds in town.

That's awesome news!

Well, not the numbness part, but the fact that I'm not alone and today I can consider myself less of a freak.

Thanks everyone, I feel so much better now. I am relieved that it is not my specific bike that is causing this, and that nothing is wrong with ME. So I am going to look for foam type grip sleeves and see if they make a difference. I will report back once I find and try them.

Someone suggested to me last week about stuffing a length of manilla rope up inside the handlebars to cut down vibrations. I tried it and it does help. The other suggestion was to fill the bars up with BBs. I'm going to remove the rope, fill the riser part of the bars with BBs and then stuff the rope back in across the top section.

never heard of the rope idea but i have heard of putting bbs in the bar and it is supposed to work.got loads of plastic bbs in the shed,might give it a go.xjrjohn

Here's the thread I had going in the "Troubleshooting" section where the rope and BB ideas came up:
viewtopic.php?t=2757

Anybody know if it's best to use plastic or metal BBs? The rope has helped some, but I want to fill the lower portion with BBs to see if doing both helps even more.

Brass or steel BB's.... plastic ones won't do much if anything for your vibes.

XJRJohn wrote:never heard of the rope idea

I got that one many years ago from an old biker. Apparently that was a popular mod done to the Harleys and Indians back in those days; I know it helped a lot on my '71 BSA. It has to be a manilla rope and not a nylon one, as the natural fibres in the manilla "compress" more to soak up the vibrations. The BB theory is along the same lines, the little pellets are free to move around and rattle against each other, thereby "soaking" up vibrations.

Coach wrote:The rope has helped some, but I want to fill the lower portion with BBs to see if doing both helps even more.

Coach, I'm wondering if maybe you should look at the bike itself to get rid of the vibration problem. My girlfriend's '01 Vulcan 800 Classic is s mooth rider but gets buzzy every once in awhile - I cure it by lubing and/or adjusting the rear chain. Maybe you could do that and also make sure the wheels are still in balance and do a torque check on all the engine mount, handlebar and footpeg mounts to make sure nothing has come loose which would cause vibrations.

V-Twin engine and vibration, will never been apart I guess lol. I have Kuryakyn ISO grip plus throttle boss on my V-star. It help a bit on vibration but still feel the vibration but it is very comfortable, alot more compare to stock one.