JimnCindy said:
I bumped into a gentleman at lunch today down town he had a 2012 Ultra it had an additional engine stabilizer added to the top front cylinder and mounted to the frame has anyone seen this on 2003? might be a good idea to add? will keep you all posted - thanks again for listening and the great suggestions.
In 2009 a four point motor mount system was introduced with the new frame configuration. The motor mount system in the later models is completely different from the pre '09 models.
There are many reasons/sources of vibration and, sometimes, the source is not easily discovered. However there are a couple of basic things to find out in the trouble shooting process. One of which is whether or not the vibration is the same when the bike is stationary as compared to when in gear and in motion. This, for instance would eliminate a bad wheel bearing or steering head bearing as the source if the vibration occurs when riding but not when stationary.
You did not mention or perhaps I missed, how many miles on the motorcycle. I assume that the bike is a touring model although not clearly stated in your posts. Have you peeked inside the cam chest to check the condition of the cam chain tensioners? If not, I would include that in my "to do" list.
The usual suspects such as broken fairing brackets, loose exhaust, worn front or rear motor mounts, loose primary chain, etc. In your case, since you have changed front motor mounts but did notice some slight improvement, you will need to give the new front mount about 500 miles or so to break in. As I mentioned in a previous post, the Glide Pro front mount is the only mount that I am aware of that does not need a break in period. Whatever you do, don't adjust the front or top linkages between the mount and motor. Those linkages, unless the Heim joints are completely shot, are there or drive train alignment and have nothing to do with vibration isolation.
Continue looking for sources of the vibration but roll up some miles and see if the vibration diminishes with miles. Did you follow the instructions for the torque to be applied to the front mount? Very important. Keep a close eye on when the vibration comes on, i.e., does it come and go at a certain rpm range? Does it occur both when the rpms are increasing as well as decreasing? Is there any noise associated with the vibration?
There are several internal sources of vibration but no need to go there yet.
