Sorry if this in a thread ,but couldn't find it. I just got my 2003 xl883r. Love it but the vibes from the handlebar drives me numb. I am trying a set of maniac sal endweights anybody got any idears??

I have a roll of nickles in each side of my bars. It helps tremendously.

Adding weight to the end off your bars will change the harmonics and in most cases reduce the vibes . Like Horse said , people have used a roll of pennies or nickles in the end of their bars for years . It's certainly cheaper than what you would pay for some trick barend weights . You could consider a set of barend mirrors to add the weight .

I have a roll of pennies on each side with ISO grips and have no problems.

Best Regards,
Norm

i love the shakes

Comfortably numb.

same set up as acenorm, Pennies & ISO's works good for me.
total cost 142 pennies, 4 penny rolls, some black tape, 20 minutes
to remove grips, install 71 pennies per side, reinstall grips...
used old copper pennies from the amf era........

My bar end mirrors helped immensly.
Swankster

I used some solid brass bar and used silastic to glue it in with Iso grips.
Made a big difference.

Can also use silicone to keep the pennies in there and give some absorbing cushion. Also the Polyurethane bushings took out that last little bit of numbing vibe out of the bars.

Bar Snake.

I made some bar-end plugs from a piece of 7/8" stainless round stock. I cut to length so that the plug just barely contacted the wiring dimple. The fit was TIGHT so I had to grind a small groove in the stock to match the seam on the inside of the bars. Heat the bars slightly, freeze the plugs, lube with WD40 and tap them in to place. Heavy and solid. It takes a little effort, but the result was very successful.

I just love that tingling feeling that you get when you ride. I couldn't do anything to rid myself of that... :)

I'd like to try the bar weights, the vibration sure bothers my carpaltunnel in my wrists. Whats the easist way to get the grips off?