Having become acquainted with my Falcone on short trips and having been confined two months, yesterday was at last time to go out and ride.
A 120 km round trip was planned with my wife on her Laverda 500. Out to Notre Dame de Lorette, the largest French military cemetery outside Verdun and back home via the Canadian memorial at Vimy.
The ride out was lovely. At long last I could let the Falcone off its lease cruising very ably at 100 km/h in the sunshine.
We stopped off at Lorette where we took the photo and then headed towards Vimy, 10 km away. I got a bit lost and pulling into a lay by by the side of the road, there was a horrible screech. The bile was ticking over fine, just a rumble from the engine block and the occasional screech.
End of ride.
I took the Laverda, rode home and came back with car and trailer.
The rumbling sound is there when I turn the engine over on the kickstarter, in neutral or in gear. Clutch appears to work ok.Noise seems to be transmission related since no tell tale knock indicating a big end gone or a rumble from a main bearing though that would need checking.
I intend to pull the side covers off, to have a look at the clutch and gearbox bearings and main bearings before, if I find nothing, taking the engine out and opening it
I hate these "I have a noise, what could it be" questions, but are there any known things which could be responsible for the noise? Clutch basket nut? or bearings?
Paul Marx in France
A 120 km round trip was planned with my wife on her Laverda 500. Out to Notre Dame de Lorette, the largest French military cemetery outside Verdun and back home via the Canadian memorial at Vimy.
The ride out was lovely. At long last I could let the Falcone off its lease cruising very ably at 100 km/h in the sunshine.
We stopped off at Lorette where we took the photo and then headed towards Vimy, 10 km away. I got a bit lost and pulling into a lay by by the side of the road, there was a horrible screech. The bile was ticking over fine, just a rumble from the engine block and the occasional screech.
End of ride.
I took the Laverda, rode home and came back with car and trailer.
The rumbling sound is there when I turn the engine over on the kickstarter, in neutral or in gear. Clutch appears to work ok.Noise seems to be transmission related since no tell tale knock indicating a big end gone or a rumble from a main bearing though that would need checking.
I intend to pull the side covers off, to have a look at the clutch and gearbox bearings and main bearings before, if I find nothing, taking the engine out and opening it
I hate these "I have a noise, what could it be" questions, but are there any known things which could be responsible for the noise? Clutch basket nut? or bearings?
Paul Marx in France