So far so good with the water boxer but only got 300 miles on it so far. I do notice though a particular woo woo woo type whine in 3rd gear i.e. at slow filtering speeds. I can't get it to repeat in either 2nd or 4th at the same revs. Perhaps it'll fade as the bike runs in. Thoughts ?
Drone in 3rd gear
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What tyres do you have? It's most likely them resonating with everything else.
Filtering at slow speed, in 3rd ?
The filtering bit was to give you an idea of the sort of speed eg 20mph ish. Now don't be pedantic! Thought that peeps would take the piss on the "woo woo woo" but it's the best I could do before my first cup of coffee.
Is it the paint bubbling on the rear drive ?
Oh sorry,you said 300 miles, not 3000 !!!
Oh sorry,you said 300 miles, not 3000 !!!
+1 had Anakee's for almost 2 years now, I like them but they are noisy!
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It don't think it is the tyres.
I have Anakee 3s and the noise they make is higher pitched and is most noticeable on smooth tarmac - and there's not a lot of that about here
. The noise the op writes about is consistent at about 28mph in 3rd and can be heard at similar revs in other gears but is much harder to pick out/verging on impossible unless I concentrate way more on sound than the road. I find it useful as an audible 30mph speedo.
There has been a bit of chat about this on the Boxer bit of http://www.advrider.com/
I have Anakee 3s and the noise they make is higher pitched and is most noticeable on smooth tarmac - and there's not a lot of that about here
. The noise the op writes about is consistent at about 28mph in 3rd and can be heard at similar revs in other gears but is much harder to pick out/verging on impossible unless I concentrate way more on sound than the road. I find it useful as an audible 30mph speedo.There has been a bit of chat about this on the Boxer bit of http://www.advrider.com/
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Yes but your engine isn't at the same rpm. Had it myself with tourance tyres. Now on conti trail attacks which are much smoother and don't have it anymore. Don't ask me the in and out but it is a resonant frequency where everything comes together and sets this up. The same as when 2 waves come together just at the right time to make one big wave.
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I've checked my 2015 GS today (1150km / 720 miles on the clock), and indeed, there's a kind of throbbing noise when in 3rd gear, riding at a speed of 50km/h (31mls/h).
It sounds like the 'desynchronisation' engine setting German bombers used, when flying over Britain during WW2...
It could be sound from the tyres, just nearly resonating with the engine, at this speed and revs.
Or it could be a slight difference in ignition timing at that specific engine speed...
It does disappear when driving faster, shifting up or down while maintaining the same speed....
It sounds like the 'desynchronisation' engine setting German bombers used, when flying over Britain during WW2...
It could be sound from the tyres, just nearly resonating with the engine, at this speed and revs.
Or it could be a slight difference in ignition timing at that specific engine speed...
It does disappear when driving faster, shifting up or down while maintaining the same speed....
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