Recently bought a used 2012 FZ8. Love the bike, but I have noticed as soon as I arrive at 5000 rpm the vibration in the handlebars and seat increases dramatically. Is there something I should look into, or do other fz8's have this issue.Naturally I am shying away from really opening it up, and I really don't want to go down that route. It only has 6300 miles on it.
Vibration at 5000RPM
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Flip
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Mine doesn't do that and I've never heard anyone on here complain about it, I'd say there is something wrong somewhere, is it in all gears and speeds?
Wolvereine
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Hi All, my 2013 did it from new! I even took it back to the dealer and they said it was normal! (Really?!?!)
I have done 3000kms and now it vibrates very little at at 5000rpm
, what i did was give the bike a work out for 1000kms, rived it through every gear to 11500rpm and just general kept the rivs up, as the bike is under warranty i figured that i might as well break it if there is an issue.
A few things to look at if the bike has not been ridden for a while as mine was not ridden for 1/12 years.
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Brian
I have done 3000kms and now it vibrates very little at at 5000rpm
, what i did was give the bike a work out for 1000kms, rived it through every gear to 11500rpm and just general kept the rivs up, as the bike is under warranty i figured that i might as well break it if there is an issue.A few things to look at if the bike has not been ridden for a while as mine was not ridden for 1/12 years.
Throttle sensor sticking (Fuel Injected)
Throttle bodies sticking (Fuel Injected)
Brian