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Old Apr 10, 2011 | 06:05 PM
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Before you do all that, check your belt tension. That can cause a chirp.

And I've been through that "it just doesn't feel right" before. I had a bad motor mount.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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Yeah, the belt was the first thing I checked. Seemed fine to me.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jlasoftail
oh, one more thing worth mentioning... At the end of last season, I had the inner primary cover replaced. It had cracked, and they said they also had to replace the clutch bearing (I think that's what they replaced) and I only rode the bike 5 miles to where I store it for the winter, so the problem might have started then, and I really wouldn't have noticed it.
There's your answer, probably. Time to take open the primary back up and make sure they put everything back together right.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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OK, so the dealer got around to looking it over today, and by that I mean he adjusted the belt guard and told me my brake pads had to be replaced soon. So I suggested maybe they actually take the primary cover off. Oh, and I was wrong, it was a bushing they replaced... the one that goes at the end of the clutch between the primary cover. My guess is that they replaced it with a bad one or put it in wrong. That would explain the vibration.
 
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