31-08-22, 04:32 PM
As an update
- 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 - [color=rgb(74, 74, 74)]https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/418.../cowling-1[/color])Chcked this. All seems fine although may be best to remove the fairing to check properly.
- the wind screen as the 6 little rubber grommets cant slightly shrink and get hard over time. - (90179-05523 - [color=rgb(74, 74, 74)]https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/418.../cowling-1[/color]) All good
- check the mirror bolts arent loose, as these bolt the fairing and the mirrors to the sub-frame. All good
- 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. All good
- 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 - [color=rgb(74, 74, 74)]https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/418.../cowling-1[/color]) Already have copious amounts of foam around the fairing.
- check the anti-vibration rubbers are present and install between the clocks and the infills - (5LV-28346-10 - [color=rgb(74, 74, 74)]https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/418...70-a/meter[/color]) Present and correct
- 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. Will have a proper check with the fairing off
- 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. All standard at the rear end.
- 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..? I've checked all the nuts and bolts, removed the mudgaurd,horn and it made no difference. I'm rechecking everything as I go along.
- One thing that's a cause for concern for me is that the front disc assembly has some vertical run out. If I spin the wheel I can see the hub around the rh oil seal at the axle moving up and down. Its only a couple of mm but it does seem to be off-centre. As the hub is part of the disc carrier assembly the whole disc on that side also has a small amount of vertical run out as well. The other disc and in fact the whole wheel seems to run true.
I need to take the wheel out and have a good look but when I spin the wheel it seems to be free with only the very slightest ticking. Very odd.