Has anyone tried this??

[81xsproject]

I found this while cruizing different motorcycle stuff.
http://www.barsnake.com/

Has anyone tried it or heard anything about it. My handlebar vibration really comes through with the bar end mirrors and lowers their visibility.

[xssiveone]

You can accomplish the same thing by using lead shot or even cut up wheel weights. The idea is to weight the end of the bars and it doesn't matter what you use. And, you are not eliminating the vibration, but by weighting the bar ends you are moving it to a different frequency, which usually puts it at a different speed. One method I've heard of being used is to fill the bars up with caulking, and then put the weights in the last 6-8" and then seal the ends up with caulking. The idea here is to fill up any space the the weights might have to rattle in.

[sixtysix]

Several Guys on the Bandit list use the bar snake or liquid bar snake with good results. Also heavy bar end weights will work, or as xssiveone said lead shot is great as well. If you don't have lead shot then steel BB's will also work, just not as well. I had my Bandit bars filled with BB's for two years.

[xs650mike]

Some models of the XS650 came with weighted bars. My XS400SJ Heritage came stock with bar weights. They also help damp front end occilations as well as vibration. I personally find the XS11 pretty damn smooth but maybe that's because I'm used to the heavy vibration of the XS650. The 650s have rubber mounted bars and pegs but the vibes are still really strong.

[pggg]

After many years of scientific study, I have invented a revolutionary handlebar product that will completely change motorcyling as we know it. It's called - "THE BAR BOLT"

[81xsproject]

The problem w/ the bar end weights is that I have the bar end mirrors. So, I can't have both and I like the mirrors.

[chevy45412001]

hey PGGG

your more resourceful than we realize

[xs650mike]

The Bar Bolt

Just the thing for cheapskates like me!

[DiverRay]

Hey pggg, does it come in stainless steel??

[MartyA]

Never owned a bike that vibrated enough to aggravate. Can't help.

[LoHo]

Hey pggg, figure out how to machine in some skulls and get them chromed and you can make a mint off of the Harleydudes...

[xs650mike]

Originally posted by LoHo
Hey pggg, figure out how to machine in some skulls and get them chromed and you can make a mint off of the Harleydudes...

or Maltese crosses or Confederate flags!

[mro]

"THE BAR BOLT"


Hey do they come in rust???
Like em to match my handle bars



mro
80G
slightly bent here en there
(me and the bike)

[fredintoon]

I call it the Fredsweigh

A barsnake works by damping vibration. End weights work by adding mass to change the vibration frequency.
My Fredsweigh combines both systems.
If you reload trap shells you already have part of the stuff to hand, otherwise you gotta scrounge.
Shove a 12Ga plastic wad (they fit perfectly) into the bar as far round the first bend as it will go.
Mix up a slurry of #7½ lead shot and Devcon 2-part cold-setting rubber (or group buy the liquid Barsnake, that'd do a fair few bars using this method). Pour the slurry into the bar and hang it up to set. If you are into bar-end mirrors leave space for them.
Once it's set flip the bar over and do the other side.
Worked great on the Honda 750 bars I put on my XS650.
Before the treatment they went donnnngg when you rapped 'em; afterwards they just went thud.
Fred Hill, S'toon.

[fredintoon]

Fredsweigh2

It occurred to me that my original Fredsweigh could be improved.
I limited my lead shot/Devcon slug to the bar ends mainly because I was limited to how much Devcon I could scrounge off the lab techs.
If I were to make a Mk2 I would use liquid barsnake instead of Devcon because now I'm retired I have no techs to scrounge from.
As before, I would stop off one end of the bar with a shotshell wad and pour the end full of shot/barsnake slurry. Then flip the bar to pour the centre full of straight barsnake, leaving space to pour the bar end full of more slurry.
Fred Hill, S'toon.