Don't think it's that 'cos it is deep withing the bowels of the centre of the bike, or at least that's where it appears to come from - exhaust flappy thing is a totally different sound.
is mine the only one
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Don't think it's that 'cos it is deep withing the bowels of the centre of the bike, or at least that's where it appears to come from - exhaust flappy thing is a totally different sound.
from all that LC mumbo jumbo 
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Defintely glow plugs
Just having my lunch at work, bike is parked outside - I will investigate further when I have eaten.
Just went out and checked the bike, when the ignition is switched on there is a quiet tick-tick-tick-tick sound with a frequency between 2Hz-3Hz; also there is a continuous low level buzzing. I then ran the engine for a few seconds and turned the bike off, I couldn't hear any sounds BUT I have heard the same tick-tick-tick sound as above after riding the bike and switching it off - IT WAS NOT THE SOUND OF THE BIKE COOLING DOWN!
I hope this helps
I hope this helps
Rod
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The tick - tick - tick is the digital clock 
Just went out and checked the bike, when the ignition is switched on there is a quiet tick-tick-tick-tick sound with a frequency between 2Hz-3Hz; also there is a continuous low level buzzing. I then ran the engine for a few seconds and turned the bike off, I couldn't hear any sounds BUT I have heard the same tick-tick-tick sound as above after riding the bike and switching it off - IT WAS NOT THE SOUND OF THE BIKE COOLING DOWN!
I hope this helps
Injectors ?
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And people took the piss out of the 1200 section
needlongerlegs
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Me To
A faint whistling all the time, even when I'm indoors..... much louder if I put ear plugs in.
But goes away when I ride my bike.
Ssssssssssssssss.
Fourth years of biking without plugs.
A faint whistling all the time, even when I'm indoors..... much louder if I put ear plugs in.
But goes away when I ride my bike.
Ssssssssssssssss.
Fourth years of biking without plugs.
Doesn't sound like injectors to me - would they continully make a noise when the bike is not running?
If I get time I will record the sounds and then we can all speculate about the source, 10 seconds of sound is worth 1,000 words
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It's a German thing, the trouble started when the noise stopped iirc.
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Has anyone taken a photo of the aforementioned noise ?
Good call 
lorus
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just to keep everyone in the picture i spoke to dealer again today and was told it is probibly the system on the bike and if i wanted it investigating further i would have to book the bike in for a couple of days,but a big thankyou to jonnyp as noise was on again tonight when i came home so i opened the fuel filler cap and it stopped instantly so must be something to do with the pressure in the tank,again thanks to all and hope it will help people in the future
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This is brilliant. I think we need to have a guess the strange noise competition (Excluding BMW employees). Correct answer wins a prize.
What's the prize then????
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