starford
Just got it firing!
I ran with a group of guys thru Yosemite this weekend on my '14 C1400 Touring. The bike has 3k miles on it now. Two issues cropped up during this trip that I'm hoping to get some more owner's perspective on.
The most concerning is the noise coming from the drive line. Best I can do to describe this is, in low gears (1-3, some 4th), the transmission line makes a mechanical noise that follows RPM, a sort of rrrRrrRrrRrr!! as you speed up and put torque on the real wheel. If I stay in low gear, say 2nd, to negotiate corners, the sound is alway there as I put on power. It's easily loud enough to be heard thru a closed helmet.
If I had to guess I'd say it sounds like there's little to no oil in there to damp the vibrations. There is not an oily mess on the rear rim to signal a blown final drive, however. Any thoughts?
Next one is fast idle when hot. After climbing the mountain to Lick Observatory, a really steep, technical, 1st gear hairpin turn affair, I get to the top and the bike wants to idle at 2,000 RPM, slowly settling to 1,500 RPM but never back to 'normal' at about 1,200 RPM. I wonder if this is an altitude thing or just a hot system working differently than normal. Any thoughts?
Thanks, guys.
The most concerning is the noise coming from the drive line. Best I can do to describe this is, in low gears (1-3, some 4th), the transmission line makes a mechanical noise that follows RPM, a sort of rrrRrrRrrRrr!! as you speed up and put torque on the real wheel. If I stay in low gear, say 2nd, to negotiate corners, the sound is alway there as I put on power. It's easily loud enough to be heard thru a closed helmet.
If I had to guess I'd say it sounds like there's little to no oil in there to damp the vibrations. There is not an oily mess on the rear rim to signal a blown final drive, however. Any thoughts?
Next one is fast idle when hot. After climbing the mountain to Lick Observatory, a really steep, technical, 1st gear hairpin turn affair, I get to the top and the bike wants to idle at 2,000 RPM, slowly settling to 1,500 RPM but never back to 'normal' at about 1,200 RPM. I wonder if this is an altitude thing or just a hot system working differently than normal. Any thoughts?
Thanks, guys.