HellFire
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Got a new one for ya ... the noise began while on a 1300 mile trip to Canada and back. Took last week and loaded up the wife and the bike (wife had to be "loaded" to get her to go) for a trip to Niagara Falls. I estimate that with both of us and luggage we weighed in around 1300lbs so the load could have been an issue. The trip up was uneventful since most of it was 80mph highway riding, but as we neared Canada I noticed a distinct gear noise getting louder when decelerating in the lower gears with 1st and 2nd being particularly noisy. On the way back we took highway 6 through Pensylvania and with the up and down terrain and lower speeds the "chattering" noise could even be felt in the seat. The best way to describe it is from past experience with finer toothed transmission gears from other types of vehicles. It felt and sounded like a broken gear tooth. Like one was totally missing off a gear without causing any kind of binding or catching. It's really strange, I think the only way to get to the bottom of it is to yank the trans and inspect it. The bike is only a year old next month with 10k miles so its still under warranty, I hate the idea of losing her for the rest of the summer but I've set an appointment with L&D in Dover to drop it off next week. The water pump is squeeling as well and she's due for the 10k service so I had planed a trip to the shop anyway, just not one this long. I have that feeling of dread however, knowing the sequence of events to follow .... tear down and inspect, order parts, wait couple weeks for parts, wrong parts, reorder parts, wait for parts (repeat as necessary) , reassemble and test ride in time for X-Mas. Think I can get a summer loaner out of them for a month or two? LOL
FYI ... we got just over 30mpg during the trip fully loaded and with an oversize windscreen running 80+mph, thats pretty much what I get commuting to work daily. Funny how the mileage didn't change hardly at all.
Has this noisy tranny (not vocal drag queen) been an issue with anyone else?
I hate the idea of splitting the case ... feels like surgery, I'm even worried about incision scars. It had that red silicon gasket sealer bulging out in a couple places from the factory when new, I have fears it will be everywhere when I get her back from the hospital. Oh well, has to be done.
Any thoughts?:kick:
FYI ... we got just over 30mpg during the trip fully loaded and with an oversize windscreen running 80+mph, thats pretty much what I get commuting to work daily. Funny how the mileage didn't change hardly at all.
Has this noisy tranny (not vocal drag queen) been an issue with anyone else?
I hate the idea of splitting the case ... feels like surgery, I'm even worried about incision scars. It had that red silicon gasket sealer bulging out in a couple places from the factory when new, I have fears it will be everywhere when I get her back from the hospital. Oh well, has to be done.
Any thoughts?:kick: