I Jumped Ship

[rickardracing]

OH NO..............a Goldwing that wants to be a Harley. I thought I felt the earth momentarily stop on it's axis. If your happy, that's all that matters. It's not what you ride, it's that you ride!

[buddy]

nope, I knew you were just razzin me

 

Rick what would we do if we dint pick on each other

Rick since these motors are gear driven unlike HD chain drive do you hear any gear noise since you gotten a few miles on it now just curious

[SilvrT]

Rick what would we do if we dint pick on each other

Rick since these motors are gear driven unlike HD chain drive do you hear any gear noise since you gotten a few miles on it now just curious

 

I'm not sure exactly what makes the noise in these engines but they are noisy as the rpm's climb. You hear it because the engine is solid mounted and in fact, forms the lower part of the frame so all the engine sounds are "reverberated" (for lack of a better word) thru the frame. It's one of those things that is "normal" and you just have to accept it and tune it out. Took me a while to do that as I kept thinking "there's something wrong with this motor" but talking to other owners and after 16000 kms it still sounds the same ... I just ignore it and "ride it like I stole it" LOL

 

Oh, and the D&D pipes help to tune out the engine sounds LOL

[djh3]

So it sounds nothing like the cat draging its claws down the chalkboard like some before mentioned makes?

[SilvrT]

Couple other things to note...

 

The valve train is chain driven.

 

Some think the tranny is helical cut gears but in fact, only the gear between the primary and secondary shaft is helical. All the other gears are straight cut.

 

It does make a distinctive "clunk" when going into 1st as well as 2nd but the rest of the gears are relatively quiet, especially if you pre-load the shifter a bit when changing.

 

"blipping" the throttle when gearing down, especially going into 3rd, 2nd, and 1st is not a good idea. For some reason the computer doesn't understand this for what it is and sometimes kills the engine. A real flaw IMO. Took me a while to get that habit out of my head.