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  • tjfisher30
    XSive
    • Jul 2006
    • 79
    • orlando fl

    #1

    rubber pieces

    ok here is a dunm ? there are little rubber pieces in the fins of my engine what are they does anyone have them and do i need them? they look really bad they have a mark #2h7 ?
    80 xs11 sg
  • John
    XS-XJ Super Guru
    • Oct 2003
    • 5117

    #2
    They are vibration dampeners, installed by the factory. I don't think it'll hurt anything to remove them, as my bike has never had them in the 15 years I have owned it.

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    • 81xsproject
      XS-XJ Super Guru
      • Nov 2004
      • 3185
      • Fortuna, CA

      #3
      If I remember right this has come up before and it was said that they were an EPA thing for reducing the noise...??
      '81 XS1100 SH

      Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

      Sep. 12th 2015

      RIP

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      • webbcraft2150
        XS-XJ Guru
        • Sep 2002
        • 1605
        • AUSTIN.TX

        #4
        There 'posta cut down on the "noise" the fins make as the vibrate. I don't think it gonna make much difference on a 4 stroke, inline 4. All my ring-a-dings had em but I could tell no difference in noise when thay all eventually fell out.

        They coulda been one of those EPA things, ya know, 45db at 15 ft at 45mph or some other silly requirement those guys made Yamaha come up with.
        When a 10 isn't enough, get a 11. 80g Hardbagger

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