Could you mount your phone on the bars and get a recording of the noise?
Thats a shame, Good to check though. Might be worth checking the wheel bearings yourself might have been missed by the MOT man.
Ok have yoyu checked the following items - there is a anti-vibration rubber mounted on a small arm and pushese down on the inside of the lower part of the front fairing (under the headlight) - If this isnt pressing down on the fiaring itself you will get vibes - (18A-24724-00 - https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4189363/fzs1000s-fazer-1c2a-2005-070-a/cowling-1)the wind screen as the 6 little rubber grommets cant slightly shrink and get hard over time. - (90179-05523 - https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4189363/fzs1000s-fazer-1c2a-2005-070-a/cowling-1)check the mirror bolts arent loose, as these bolt the fairing and the mirrors to the sub-frame.check the mirror hinges, once these get loose you either have to replace them or do what I did and dremel out the rivits and replace with a bolt and nylock nut to remove the slack/slop.check the left and right infills have all the vibration foam strip applied, these can go flat over time. You can buy these or got to Hobbycraft and get a thin sheet of high density (one sided adhesive) foam and cut/make your own - (5LV-2834E-00 - https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4189363/fzs1000s-fazer-1c2a-2005-070-a/cowling-1)check the anti-vibration rubbers are present and install between the clocks and the infills - (5LV-28346-10 - https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4189367/fzs1000s-fazer-1c2a-2005-070-a/meter)lastly if all the other options arent whats causing the noise then only remaining item/s are the front wiring loom and relays. The loom should come with foam tape on parts of its length where it rubs against the fairing and the headlight. And the relays direction under the clocks should all have little rubber isolation mounts.And thinking outside the box, do you have a carbon fibre or other very ridged rear hugger - the CF one I have would resonate at certain speeds, changing it for a fibreglass one remove that noise.And I assume you have checked all the obvious things, like front mudguard bolts, ancillary nuts & bolts on the front forks, horn mounting, radiator cover bolts, you just check all the non-structural nots and bolts on the bike. Oh and I assume the petrol tank bolts arent loose..?Regarding the infills, be carefull not to crack or damage these as these are very hard to replece now. if you do crack them the only viable repair options are plastic weld or wel & stabple kits (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plastic+weld+stapler&sprefix=plastic+weld+and+sta%2Caps%2C77&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_20)Ask me how I know all this.....
Well that’s my quiet evenings filled! All good suggestions and whilst I’ve done most of those, a revisit has got to be worthwhile.
All seems fine although may be best to remove the fairing to check properly. I spin the wheel I can see the hub around the rh oil seal at the axle moving up and down.
Quote from: NitramA on 31 August 2022, 04:32:48 pmAll seems fine although may be best to remove the fairing to check properly. I spin the wheel I can see the hub around the rh oil seal at the axle moving up and down.There is no nedas you can flex the arm down so the rubber is always pressign against the fairing.It is difficult to visualise what your describing, but I assume your talking about the front disc carrier that the disk is mounted to? Those are bolted to the wheel, so do not move at all. These usual have tight tolerances, even cheap EBC ones. So if your seeing the center hole of the carrier is out of center you need to stop riding the bike and get them replaced asap. Can you post photos of the item yoiur refering to and where the 'out of true' is..?
They were quite dismissive of me wanting to check the bearing surfaces they probably just put new oil in there. I'm going to have another look and replace the fork oil over the winter.The only thing that surprised me was how the bearing resistance seemed a little more than I expected. I'm beginning to feel paranoid that I'm being paranoid.