Bad vibes
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bergclimber34

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2,687 posts

16 months

Friday 6th March
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What is causing this seemingly universal vibration issue, are the engines using differing firing orders or something, is it chassis, tyres?

The pu is roughly a similar cc and layout is it not?

ChemicalChaos

10,707 posts

183 months

Friday 6th March
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It's a resonance problem - the chassis has the a resonant frequency that is in sympathy with a vibration from the engine, this causes it to self amplify to destructive levels.
Normally you'd fit a tuned mass damper to alter the resonant frequency away from the danger value, but clearly it's not that simple or they'd have done it already

gmaz

5,154 posts

233 months

Friday 6th March
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V6 engines are inherently vibration-prone because of the firing order, so they have balancer shafts to help smooth out the vibration. Unfortunately balancer shafts add weight and bearing friction, so I expect that Honda have tried to do something clever to avoid or minimise them.

Either that or AM have put the spark plug leads on in the wrong order wink

Frimley111R

18,399 posts

257 months

Friday 6th March
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Lol