Squeaking sound at highway speeds
#11
How tight is your belt? How's the sprocket isolator? Any tacking problems - pulling left or right? Is the squeak louder if you turn your head to the side (look left or right) or when you're facing straight forward? Is it louder or quieter with a passenger on board?
Have you tried a new helmet?
Have you tried a new helmet?
I'll check the belt and sprocket. Thanks for the input.
#12
#13
Well I took it in this morning. Tech rode it and reported back that to him it sounds like a whistle vs a squeak. He could not resolve and we set up a time to drop it off and leave it. I didn't get the impression that anyone was very optimistic in finding the problem and as somewhat expected got the impression that the problem was trivial. I get that from a mechanics perspective and I wouldn't want to have to chase it down either but it's more than a little annoying and not very subtle. I have done all the trouble shooting suggested in this thread accept for adjusting the belt since I'm not sure how to do that. I did just now wedge some material in the small gap between the bottom of the headlights and the fairing to see if that was the issue. Still squeaks/whistles. I dunno, to me sounds more like a squeak anyway. I just now also took off the 14" KW sport flare and replaced with the OEM shield. I'll try that out shortly but not expecting a fix. If it weren't so loud I'd let it go, but as I said, it's not subtle.
#14
Bama
Well I took it in this morning. Tech rode it and reported back that to him it sounds like a whistle vs a squeak. He could not resolve and we set up a time to drop it off and leave it. I didn't get the impression that anyone was very optimistic in finding the problem and as somewhat expected got the impression that the problem was trivial. I get that from a mechanics perspective and I wouldn't want to have to chase it down either but it's more than a little annoying and not very subtle. I have done all the trouble shooting suggested in this thread accept for adjusting the belt since I'm not sure how to do that. I did just now wedge some material in the small gap between the bottom of the headlights and the fairing to see if that was the issue. Still squeaks/whistles. I dunno, to me sounds more like a squeak anyway. I just now also took off the 14" KW sport flare and replaced with the OEM shield. I'll try that out shortly but not expecting a fix. If it weren't so loud I'd let it go, but as I said, it's not subtle.
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#16
That is outstanding. Something my wife would do and not realize it's what I'm looking for when I stop to figure it out.
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