February 22nd, 2009, 09:17 PM | #1 |
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Name: Danny
Location: Houston, TX
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Rattling Noise
So tonight on my ride to the local grocery store, I start hearing this rattling noise coming from the front of my bike. I only hear it when the rpm is high (> 6k). Do you guys think it's the fairings that is making the sound? I only have 100 miles on the bike so I don't know what is making that rattling sound. Never heard of it before.
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February 22nd, 2009, 10:55 PM | #2 |
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does it do it at 6k rpm when the bike is stationary?
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February 22nd, 2009, 11:06 PM | #3 |
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Name: Levi
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Clutch lever....?
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February 23rd, 2009, 09:11 AM | #4 |
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Name: Danny
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February 23rd, 2009, 10:09 AM | #5 |
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Name: Levi
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place pressure on the clutch lever (but dont pull it in) and see if it stops.
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February 23rd, 2009, 12:52 PM | #6 |
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February 23rd, 2009, 04:46 PM | #7 |
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Name: Joe
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check the bottom most part of the windshield. stick your hand against it while reving to see if it stops.
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February 24th, 2009, 10:33 PM | #8 |
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Danny... any update???
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February 24th, 2009, 11:45 PM | #9 |
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Name: Danny
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I tried holding the windshield to see if the sound would stop but it didn't. Tonight, I did the HID conversion install and took all the fairings off hoping that when put back together the rattling would stop. The rattle is still there but not as loud as before. I think I'll just try to ignore it for now, but my new headlight is awesome and I can see a whole lot better!
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February 24th, 2009, 11:53 PM | #10 |
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yeah... HIDs are awesome for this bike.
as you rev, have you tried putting your hand in different places to silence the rattle? gotta be something relatively easy. |
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June 30th, 2013, 10:07 PM | #11 | |
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Name: Prashanth
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I had the same issue on my Ninja 250R at 6K RPM as well. I fixed it by tightening the clutch leaver and the rattling noise disappeared!! I did not understand why it was happening, and I asked the service guys to fix it at any cost. They gave a stupid reasons saying it will become fine after riding it for few days. I noticed that they had done a half clutch change on my bike and the clutch leaver was a little loose. I was tired of asking them to take a look at it and I tightened the clutch leaver myself and the crazy sound disappeared !! |
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July 3rd, 2013, 06:47 AM | #12 |
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July 3rd, 2013, 11:13 PM | #13 |
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Name: Kelvin
Location: Vancouver
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Same problem. Know what it was? A pair of dinky washers in my headlight unit. Didn't look like it came from anywhere nor did it look like it was going to cause any issues so I left em there
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