oaklandish
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- Apr 7, 2021
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- 2006 Rocket III
I started noticing an occasional squeal noise when riding coming from the front end which seemed to start soon after a front tire change. At first I thought it was coming from the tire and took the wheel off to feel the bearings and had my brother ride it in front of the house so I could try to hear it. We couldn't reproduce it and the bike felt fine so I kept riding it to work (3 mile commute).
It only happens when the bike is warm, clutch out and throttling from a stop.
Eventually the squeal went away and now when the bike is warm and I'm taking off from a stop I hear a grinding and knocking sound. It's so consistent that we could reproduce it off the bike and it sounds like it's coming from the clutch area. There is still no performance issues or clutch problems but this is definitely getting worse and something is going to fail. When I first heard the knock it would go away after reaching gaining speed. Now the knock/grind becomes a humming/winding sound as it gains speed. Still no clutch issues but I have stopped riding it because I am certain something is going bad.
I've lurked on here for about a week reading clutch noise threads and I haven't seen anything similar to this so I thought I'd ask for opinions. I plan on taking the clutch cover off and inspecting the basket and anything behind it but it's not as simple as a Japanese bike so I haven't had the time yet.
I found a video of a Bonneville or some other smaller Triumph making a slightly similar noise. He's in a driveway taking off and it sounds similar but he said his problem ended up being a loose drivechain which we don't have...
It only happens when the bike is warm, clutch out and throttling from a stop.
Eventually the squeal went away and now when the bike is warm and I'm taking off from a stop I hear a grinding and knocking sound. It's so consistent that we could reproduce it off the bike and it sounds like it's coming from the clutch area. There is still no performance issues or clutch problems but this is definitely getting worse and something is going to fail. When I first heard the knock it would go away after reaching gaining speed. Now the knock/grind becomes a humming/winding sound as it gains speed. Still no clutch issues but I have stopped riding it because I am certain something is going bad.
I've lurked on here for about a week reading clutch noise threads and I haven't seen anything similar to this so I thought I'd ask for opinions. I plan on taking the clutch cover off and inspecting the basket and anything behind it but it's not as simple as a Japanese bike so I haven't had the time yet.
I found a video of a Bonneville or some other smaller Triumph making a slightly similar noise. He's in a driveway taking off and it sounds similar but he said his problem ended up being a loose drivechain which we don't have...