Hehe...... good question! But it is the rubber in the bars i cant get out





So.......if anyone have a solution?

Hi,
I had the same problem with the original inserts, but finally solved it! Drill the rubber :110:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1...38371374435073

Hope it helps!

I am in the same situation. (It seems some people get the inserts out without any problems. Perhaps there is more than one version of these inserts?)
Even heating up the bar end with a weed burner to well over boiling point (naked steel, all other parts removed) would still not make the %�"&#� thing budge one mm. :angry:

Next step is to drill the rubber but I am sure it will take a long time, the outer pipe section will be hard to pull out and it is non-reversible.

I really hope the Vibranators are worth this mess...

they are... more than halfed the vibes on the XTR...

I replaced the bars with "CR high" fat bars..
made the vibanators & some very heavy end weights...
Also packed the lower section of the bars with sand up to
the 2nd bend..used corks to hold the sand in place...

http://imageshack.us/a/img708/781/ynqi.jpg

Mounted Acerbis Rally Pro handguards today. Removed the stock inserts using the following 3 minute per side procedure:

1) Remove the bar end weights ( easy )
2) Use a metal drill bit to drill many straight holes though the rubber (avoid the center and the bar itself), circle wise.
3) After most of the rubber is gone insert some M6 bolt in the stock insert
4) Hold tight into the "pull bolt" with Tongue-and-groove pliers and pull hard ( do make sure to keep your bike stable )
5) After the stock inserts are out of the way, cleanup the inside using round file

DutchXT's description is spot on.
I did that and put my Vibranators in with very limited success. A slight improvement across the rpm range where vibrations were not problematic before. However, there is virtually NO improvement at highway speeds, even though I specifically described where I wanted the Vibranators to be "tuned" when I ordered them.
I have e-mailed Don twice for support or suggestions but he has not bothered to reply to my e-mails.

I can not recommend the Vibranators to anyone running an XT660.

By the way, my kit has a different design than Petenz's.

By the way, how did you manage to separete the screws from the inserts?
In my case, un-screwing the screws seems to make them "wedge" very hard ones you reach a certain point. Fixing the weight in a vice allows for more torque to be applied, but one of the screws will definitely not want to separate from the insert.
The other one might be coming out with more force.

They (obviously) arrived "new in box" (I hope) with the screws in place.