General topics » Vibrations

Hey all, so I got my bike on Monday. Very happy, getting used to it, love the sound. Putting it in first is an experience! My question is: when I stop at a traffic light, I put it in neutral and sit up, and I can feel the tank vibrating and see the handlebars dancing around. Is that normal? I don’t feel it vibrating when I go, but for the moment I have not been able to take a longer ride, I won’t be able to get out of the city until Saturday.

My previous bike was the Honda 500x, that vibrated a bit, after a longer ride, like four or five hours, on the way back home my hands and feet would hurt quite a lot. I was hoping my new bike would not do that, I would like to start making longer day trips.

Oh, and the windscreen in the high position rattles…. I know this is common, but it is surprising that BMW are not able to use rubber o-rings to tighten it up a bit.

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Hey all, so I got my bike on Monday. Very happy, getting used to it, love the sound. Putting it in first is an experience! My question is: when I stop at a traffic light, I put it in neutral and sit up, and I can feel the tank vibrating and see the handlebars dancing around. Is that normal? I don’t feel it vibrating when I go, but for the moment I have not been able to take a longer ride, I won’t be able to get out of the city until Saturday.

My previous bike was the Honda 500x, that vibrated a bit, after a longer ride, like four or five hours, on the way back home my hands and feet would hurt quite a lot. I was hoping my new bike would not do that, I would like to start making longer day trips.

Oh, and the windscreen in the high position rattles…. I know this is common, but it is surprising that BMW are not able to use rubber o-rings to tighten it up a bit.

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Your engine will be very tight being new. I would expect vibration to diminish once run in. Certainly I don't notice it with 10k on the clock.

Chris

My windscreen rattles a bit. Would like to know how to cure it if anyone knows?

Agree with others - windscreen should not rattle.

You mention O rings. BMW wind screens as stock use rubber grommets. Do you not have yours?

I didn't notice until recently, riding through a town without earplugs for a change. I think its loose where one of the little up-down arms joins with the bike. I'll take a closer look later.

Somebody reported similar issues on here recently. IIRC BMW couldn’t find anything wrong but on a subsequent visit I believe they changed the mount.
I think it was on the lines of “they are all like that sir”

If I find it I’ll let you know

There were reports on the Spanish forum on the rattling screen, people just use rubber o-rings / washers to tighten it up around the up-down arms.

I am not worried about the screen, that is just an anecdote. But the bike vibrating so much is normal? I don’t mind it when stopped - as said, it has character - as long as it balances out when on the go. Do your bikes vibrate like that?

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There were reports on the Spanish forum on the rattling screen, people just use rubber o-rings / washers to tighten it up around the up-down arms.

I am not worried about the screen, that is just an anecdote. But the bike vibrating so much is normal? I don’t mind it when stopped - as said, it has character - as long as it balances out when on the go. Do your bikes vibrate like that?

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