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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 12:22 PM
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Question Feels like I am riding a Singer Glide....

Clachety Clachety Clachety Clachety Clachety Clachety.....

Driving me mad!! How do you get rid of or reduce the sewing machine noise?

Do i use a heavier weight oil in the tranny, is there a tweak, adjustment or mod I can do??

Bike runs fine, just sounds bloody dreadful. TIA.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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louder pipes
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:27 PM
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louder pipes

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Ear plugs
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buy a Honda.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Louder pipes, definately.
Honda, um, lemme think about that.....I think not.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Singer used to make a good product ... I think they've gone down hill since Harley purchased their subsidiary.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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I run Mystik JT8 and I only hear a hint of the Clachety Clachety Clachety, but then again most people have to repeat what they're sayin when speaking to me
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 03:18 PM
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Between my loud pipes and tinnitus it's not a problem I'm aware of.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Krazy8s
Clachety Clachety Clachety Clachety Clachety Clachety.....

Driving me mad!! How do you get rid of or reduce the sewing machine noise?

Do i use a heavier weight oil in the tranny, is there a tweak, adjustment or mod I can do??

Bike runs fine, just sounds bloody dreadful. TIA.
I know I'll catch some jazz about this but I've only been wrenching for a living for 45+ years so be nice. Put in about 4oz of good old fashion STP or Lucas oil stabilizer. My bike is just coming up on 101k and still doing fine. It will quiet the engine right down, may not stop all of it but it will be much easier to live with. And if you're not happy you can just change the oil to rotella 20-50 dino
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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Are you sure you're talking about putting it in the trans? Most sewing machine noise comes from the valve train, not the tranny
 
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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