| Author | Message | ||
     Vegasbueller |
Went out for lunch today and I noticed (while just coming back from a 2 mile jaunt to Subway) a slight tick from the valve train. Is this normal Buell Noise? Now I havent changed the oil as of yet. I am hoping to do that this weekend, but the oil in the bike is at least clean and to the proper level. Thanks Nick | ||
| Rick_a |
If it sounds like rocks are bouncing around beneath your rocker covers...all is well. | ||
| Vegasbueller |
~LOL~ Yeahhh I guess you could say that it sounds like that. I don't hear it at speed really, just at idle. (idle 1050rpm) Thanks, that eases my mind. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Mine sounds like an old sewing machine on steroids having a fit, & I too couldn't believe the racket was OK til I heard some others, now unless it goes BANG I don't worry.  | ||
| Black_sunshine |
How did you hear a slight ticking over all that "other" noise?  | ||
| Glitch |
Ya wanna really scare yourself? Yes? I knew you did. Once you're used to the Buellish sounds, ride around the block without your helmet on. You'll hear all kinds of noises! | ||
| Doughnut |
I can hear the slight ticking almost all the time if I really listen, unless I'm heavy with the throtle. I was a bit worried about it. So I shouldn't be? | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Glitch...I did that around the circle of our townhome community. My neighbors just love me. Especially when I start it in my garage with the door open. Talk about a megaphone! | ||
| Doughnut |
It is really amazing the difference in sound with out a helmet on. I was shocked the first time I rode without it. I kept putting my head down trying to figure out what the new sounds were. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
If that ticking stops, I would get worried..... | ||
| M1combat |
Yeah, they do make a racket... I love it  . | ||
| Blake |
I love those soft pink ear plugs that Walmart sells. My Cyclone's valvetrain makes no noise. What "noise" are you talking about? ![: ]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) | ||
| Cyclonemick |
Noise? Did you say something about Noise? Sorry I couldn't hear ya over my Buell, It makes alot of Noise! | ||
| Firemanjim |
Noise--you aint heard nothin',try it with a set of aftermarket cams and rockers etc.The stock stuff is fitted for "low noise".Then you'll really think somethings wrong. | ||
| Vegasbueller |
~LMAO~ Ok.. I get it.. if it is quiet..it's parked. And .. when I have my helmet on, I cant hear anything but the voices anyway. Nick | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Golly Geepers, You have those voices in your head too...... Must be a Buell Thing?!?!?! lean over more, lean over more | ||
| Vegasbueller |
Do yours tell you to ride down the sidewalk? | ||
| Bluelightning |
Noise, my buell doesn't make any noise.  At least until I put the beast back together...  | ||
| Newfie_buell |
One more wheelie Drive on the sidewalks DAMM VOICES GO AWAY | ||
| Sandblast |
I used to worry about engine noise too. Here is a trick, start your bike and let her idle. Now take a big towel folded up a bunch of times and (for just a couple seconds) hold it over your exhaust pipe's outlet to dampen the exhaust note so you can really hear the engine. See? Just your valves singing a hooligan tune for you. | ||
| Nedwreck |
Go listen to a Ducati some time. Sounds like a hay baler. Great bikes, though. Bob | ||
| Vegasbueller |
I cured my curiosity Glitch... I rode next to a Blast during a cruise down the blvd here in Vegas. That thing made all the noises my bike makes seem somehow insignifcant! No more worries after that! | ||
| Glitch |
No more worries after that! There's a kid that lives near me that rides a Blast. Ya see 'im all over, He's got his almost as tricked out as EZ's. Makes me want one to play with. | ||
| Kenb |
air cooled engines are noisy, the noises from my s1 are nothing compared to the ones that emitted from my air cooled kawi 4 cyl. Like Nedwreck said go listen to a Duc sometime, especially an old bevel cam drive. |
