Question about M8 engine sound
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Road Warrior
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Question about M8 engine sound
Since I am a new M8 owner I have a question. It is hard to describe a sound but here goes. At idle there is a noise that is sort of like a chirp that seems to come from the gear cover area. Don't notice it at all once under way. It this a characteristic of the engine? Thanks
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Since I am a new M8 owner I have a question. It is hard to describe a sound but here goes. At idle there is a noise that is sort of like a chirp that seems to come from the gear cover area. Don't notice it at all once under way. It this a characteristic of the engine? Thanks
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Road Warrior
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Thanks. Twin cams didn't do it. But Evos had a characteristic chirp. Gotta learn the normal sounds for this engine. I move the heatshields a bit and tightened the exhaust. Still there.
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Mine used to sound like a little bird was in the air cleaner idling at a light. I switched the filter out to a K&N high flow and re-mapped the ECM with the street tuner and it has pretty much gone away. When I first got the bike I was like WTF for a while. It's not irritating just different. Like you I was like "is it supposed to do that?"..... LOL
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I've found that using Hearo foam ear plugs help with all of the strange sounds I used to hear from my engines! :-)
Honestly though, there is a different whine kind of noise that comes from the primary area on my '17
Honestly though, there is a different whine kind of noise that comes from the primary area on my '17
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Balancer scissor gear. It's normal for the M8.