Bar End causing vibrations?

[Raux]

I picked up some bar ends nothing fancy, just AL
but lately my hand has been more numb. kinda like vibrating all the blood out. coudl the bar ends have caused this?

[erkishhorde]

The AL bar ends are likely lighter than the stock ones and change the frequency of the bar vibrations (they become higher frequency = more numbing). I had the same thing happen when I removed my Napoleon bar end mirrors.

I haven't found any fixes for this other than putting the heavy weight back on (go back to stock bar ends or get bar end mirrors).

[NAKID]

If you took off stock bar-ends and replaced them with these al, I can see some extra vibrations. But not if you added when there were none there before...

[Raux]

the stock are just the plastic plugs no weight. the AL are a bit heavier but not much.

[NAKID]

the stock are just the plastic plugs no weight. the AL are a bit heavier but not much.

Oh, ok. on my S2R1000. There really should be no reason it started after the barend install then...

[erkishhorde]

Hmmm, I don't see why the bar ends would increase vibrations if they're heavier than stock either. Just out of curiosity, you're still running the stock bars or have you switched?

[DuciD03]

The AL bar ends are likely lighter than the stock ones and change the frequency of the bar vibrations (they become higher frequency = more numbing). I had the same thing happen when I removed my Napoleon bar end mirrors.

I haven't found any fixes for this other than putting the heavy weight back on (go back to stock bar ends or get bar end mirrors).

I added bar end mirrors

add weight to my bars with 2 pieces of stainless steel rod  cut about 4" long and a little less diamater that the inside of the bar then wrapped it in electrical tape; dampened the vibrations well.

[Buckethead]

Hmmm, I don't see why the bar ends would increase vibrations if they're heavier than stock either. Just out of curiosity, you're still running the stock bars or have you switched?

"Flexible" tube clamped at one end and now has a weight at the other. Like waving a stick with a weight at the end. A heavy enough weight will damp vibration, but a light weight will make minor inputs more severe.

[CDawg]

the stock are just the plastic plugs no weight. the AL are a bit heavier but not much.

Not true on the S4RS.  OEM bar ends on the S4RS are steel.  The reduction in weight when switching to AL is the cause for the vibration. 

[erkishhorde]

Not true on the S4RS.  OEM bar ends on the S4RS are steel.  The reduction in weight when switching to AL is the cause for the vibration. 

I thought Raux had a 696 in which case he wouldn't have the steel bar end.