Do 2015 bikes have a less clattery engine than my 2013 ?

[Shamone]

Why are the hex head engines quieter than the LC ones?


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[Haroldsenior]

My Question exactly!!

 

[littleade]

Why are the hex head engines quieter than the LC ones?


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To disguise the clunk when you put it into 1st gear on the LC?

 

[kurienp]

Another question for the experts - does a Hilltop tune reduce the engine clatter (people do say that it makes the engine smoother)?

 

[Engineer]

Another question for the experts - does a Hilltop tune reduce the engine clatter (people do say that it makes the engine smoother)?

Now there is a controversial question oh dear!

 

[kurienp]

Now there is a controversial question oh dear!

Worthy of a separate thread?

 

[crotchrocket]

It is quite noisy but no noisier than other bikes I've owned. Makes a racket coming to an abrupt stop though, i think the oil flies forward in the engine?

Sitting astride my Harley with pushrods flying up and down, the GS seems the epitome of quiet precision engineering

 

[Humbug]

There's a rumour going round that Touratech have gotten hold of an old fashioned tea cosy and are developing it as a slip on noise reducing jacket for the WC.

A number of designs will be made available for the fashion concious man about town.

 

[conkerman]

Do you want your

Huddersfield.

 

[mrtee43]

Do you want your

Your what ?

Udders felt ?

Bit old that one !

 

[conkerman]

The old ones are the old ones.

 

[roundincircles]

They are noisy.

I suspect it's the 1052 moving parts being motivated by 2000/4000 or so explosions every bloody minute.......it's an internal bloody combustion engine!!!

Volkeswagon may have a software fix lurking in the background.

 

[mrtee43]

They are noisy.

I suspect it's the 1052 moving parts being motivated by 2000/4000 or so explosions every bloody minute.......it's an internal bloody combustion engine!!!

A Honda V4 probably has more moving parts with cam driven gears but you don't hear them rattling like a bag of spanners at idle.

The only bike that sounds worse to me is a Ducati with a dry clutch.

 

[Skid06]

bike that sounds worse to me is a Ducati with a dry clutch.

Never ridden my Dukes with earplugs and never tire of that clutch rattle

 

[roundincircles]

A Honda V4 probably has more moving parts with cam driven gears but you don't hear them rattling like a bag of spanners at idle.

The only bike that sounds worse to me is a Ducati with a dry clutch.

Yes, that's for sure.......but we buy bikes to ride them!

Sure they are all different.

But bikers discuss how they are different to ride ...... OK , I'm in that frame of mind......oh, my bike is more quiet than yours, fanah, fanah.

Hand grenades this way.

 

[Nutty]

Stick some earplugs in and just ride the bloody thing. Stop worrying about rattles and noises, it's a GS - they all clatter.