We will all be interested in hearing your report. My Velva is a lot better than the stock 05 mount (and it wasn't broken). If you still have the vib, take the Stabo's out next. Anyone that can strip a bike down to the frame and back will figure it out.
The vibration is all gone and I'm going to have to point my finger at the Sta-Bos. I first put the stock motor mount back in and it was better, but there was still vibration in the floor boards.
I got home and pulled the Sta-Bos out and that made a big difference.
In looking at the Sta-Bos, what I can gather is that since they are clamped in so tightly by the swingarm brackets, everything back there just gets all bound up and can no longer dance up and down like it used to. It's all just locked down really tightly.
It's a shame because I really like the simple approach employed to stop the lateral movement, but to do this internally, you need something rigid in one direction yet free to move in the perpendicular plane. The Sta-Bos just can't accomplish this with as much compression load they are under.
So, will I go back and put the V-R urethane mount back in? I don't know. I don't have any reason to do it. I had it and tried it but don't have any complaints about the stock mount.
Can someone convince me to put it back in. It doesn't even get me anything in the "Bling" department because it's all hidden.
