fastboy9
Member
A spring is a good idea! I've got one on my front mount but its on the other side of the frame, just as a spring to stop the the vibrations vibrating the bolts off. And it makes so much of a difference!! That plus rubber shims too. I can easily ride for an extra 10 miles before the elbows start to vibrate apart.
Also heres another idea, you know the rear mount is a block, one end on the engine, the other end to the frame, well what if you was to replace this block with a much more vibration dampening material? The advantages would be:
1. Less frame fatigue, one guys seat post tube snapped once!
2. The block isnt going to fracture, I have had this done before.
3. More comfortable ride.
4. Stops the vibrations from damaging all the other parts, including shaking nuts and bolts off.
This is the best source of material I could think of. I dont know if you guys have ever seen it, but when I was a kid learning to swim at school, we used to dive to the bottom of the pool to pick up a big brick made out of thick rubber, they are called dive bricks. Well if you were to buy one of these, you could cut and "machine" it to fit, with your hands (saws, files maybe drill)! People speak of results from just putting bits of tyre in between their frame mounts, well if you was to replace the whole block with a much more durable absorbent rubber block then this would be perfect.
Heres a link to what I mean if your not sure: http://www.lifesaversdirect.co.uk/catalogue/browse/pid/142/
Anybody think of any other material sources? As these bricks are quite pricey.
Fastboy
Also heres another idea, you know the rear mount is a block, one end on the engine, the other end to the frame, well what if you was to replace this block with a much more vibration dampening material? The advantages would be:
1. Less frame fatigue, one guys seat post tube snapped once!
2. The block isnt going to fracture, I have had this done before.
3. More comfortable ride.
4. Stops the vibrations from damaging all the other parts, including shaking nuts and bolts off.
This is the best source of material I could think of. I dont know if you guys have ever seen it, but when I was a kid learning to swim at school, we used to dive to the bottom of the pool to pick up a big brick made out of thick rubber, they are called dive bricks. Well if you were to buy one of these, you could cut and "machine" it to fit, with your hands (saws, files maybe drill)! People speak of results from just putting bits of tyre in between their frame mounts, well if you was to replace the whole block with a much more durable absorbent rubber block then this would be perfect.
Heres a link to what I mean if your not sure: http://www.lifesaversdirect.co.uk/catalogue/browse/pid/142/
Anybody think of any other material sources? As these bricks are quite pricey.
Fastboy