Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…

Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?

WORK SHOP Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance… Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750? WORDS AND PICS: MARK HAYCOCK If you have ever ridden a British 650 or 750 parallel twin you will know something about engine vibration. As a passenger it was even worse and I remember being unable to keep my feet on the foot-rests on occasions because the vibration was not just uncomfortable, but painful. Another effect the vibration had was apparent on a friend’s Tiger 750 and that left a trail of loosened nuts and bolts behind it. Maybe there was an engineering solution? Norton thought so in the mid-1960s when it introduced the Commando. The engine…

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