Hi Arch,

I've been doing some work for Merle on his limiting mounts and can certainly agree with you that the new LR85 mount is a really excellent product which combines very soft mounting to give great isolation, and movement limiters to prevent excessive motion at idle. I also think the square Alloy beams are a great improvement.

In fact the postion of the limiters are set so that at normal low speed idle they don't have any effect. However when the idle goes very low just before cutting the limiters then work to prevent large movements which may cause the engine to strike the airframe and cause damage. I wish I'd had this mount several years ago as the cowl on my Shadow would still be unmarked!

The other ways the limiters help is when you get large movement of the engine during very fast throttle opening or most commonly if you get the needle valve setting wrong or run out of fuel in the air and the engine kicks.

Finally with the CDi engine using the 19 x11 prop, the LR85 mounts gives excellent attenuation up to full power providingup to 90% reduction in vibration at and above 6500rpm.

Best wishes

Keith