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Okay, I give up. The lifter noise is normal. Everyone says it is suppose to be that way and I know they are right but I am still fighting the sound because the last bikes I owned before the Nomad were Gold Wings. Any phycho analyst out there that can make me metally accept this noise?
"..................................... the serenity to accept the things I cannot change..................................."
rflnomad
08-31-2007, 08:06 PM
My lifters will 'tic' until the bike is fully warmed up. About 10 miles. Plus you came from a GoldWing? Geez, those things are so quiet, I can hear the bugs scream when they hit the windshield!
Uhhh, our last three bikes were Harleys, which we liked, but were not as quiet as the Nomad. Not near.
jmorrow
08-31-2007, 09:21 PM
My lifters will 'tic' until the bike is fully warmed up. About 10 miles. Plus you came from a GoldWing? Geez, those things are so quiet, I can hear the bugs scream when they hit the windshield! Uhhh, our last three bikes were Harleys, which we liked, but were not as quiet as the Nomad. Not near.
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It takes some getting used to dan, but it'll come.
I came to the Nomad from the Honda Magna world. Nice, petite 750, V-4 to a clunky, noisy, twin. But, it was worth it.
Yep...keep riding and you'll eventually enjoy that song the Nomad makes
I agree with the rest of the gang. Keep riding, you will get used to it. I have a new chirping kind of sound. Not sure where it's coming from or what it is.
There's where my bird went from my pirate name...kawgirl has it!!!!
You are welcome to have it back. How long ago were you in Greenville? That's when I started hearing it, I believe....................
jmorrow
08-31-2007, 09:51 PM
I've always owned V-Twins. I didn't realize the lifters made a noise ??? and believe me if there's a new noise I'll hear it and trace it down http://s2.images.proboards.com/angry.gif:(" title=">:(" border="0"/>. I have Cobra billet exhaust that probably drowns out a lot of motor noise http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif. Before I put the cobra exhaust on, the Nomad was so quite that if there was any wind at all I couldn't hear the bike run, I had to feel the bike to know when to shift gears.
3 Weeks ago......but I aint coming this weekend...all those EC fans will either be depressed drunk staggering the streets when Virginia Tech beats them.....or...well there probably wont be any or.
My last motorcycle was a Goldwing 1500SE. I was never really very satisfied with it because it did not have the mechanical reciprocating sounds that I enjoy from a motorcycle engine. I like having an engine between my legs that I can see feel and touch. The Wing was just too isolated from the rider for my taste.
The Goldwings are great well designed motorcycles just not suited to what I want in a motorcycle. They have great smooth power and toque, but to me my Wing always felt neutral and flat when cruising at a steady speed or at idle.
The Nomad has a nice balance of that old style motorcycle feel and a smooth vibration free engine that has a pleasing rhythm and mechanical personality.
Top Cat
09-01-2007, 08:05 AM
Before I put the cobra exhaust on, the Nomad was so quite that if there was any wind at all I couldn't hear the bike run, I had to feel the bike to know when to shift gears.
JIM, you may want to look your bike over real good. I think your dealer may have kept the nomad motor and slipped you a Yamaha in line four or something along those lines. It sure don't sound like you are riding on a 1600 V-Twin. ???
Top Cat
09-01-2007, 08:08 AM
The Nomad has a nice balance of that old style motorcycle feel and a smooth vibration free engine that has a pleasing rhythm and mechanical personality.
Maybe they gave me the wrong engine. Mine sure isn't vibration free. Then again my version of vibration free may be different than everyone else. :-/
socwkbiker
09-01-2007, 10:33 AM
TC, don't lie, you know you like some vibration in your ride. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
Hey kawgirl....I was out riding this morning and think I figured out the chirping you were talking about.
It's a sound I have always wondered about. When I had my Shadow...when I had drag pipes (straight no baffle) when I went over a bridge with concrete K-rail style sides on it...i heard what sounded like a belt buckle or saddlebag buckle rattling.....I looked and looked trying to figure it out.......I finally chalked it up to the Shadow.
So, got the Nomad....road about a 1000 miles no similar sound. Put the V&H baggers on it and guess what...the same sound!!!
May be just mine and your ears....but I am wondering if it has something to do with the harmonics of the sound bouncing back or something...you know..like your bike sounds different (not as "beefy or low)with you riding it as it does when it goes by on the road...let someone take it out for a spin and see how different it sounds..
Professor Blowndodge probably will know what causes this.
Anybody else experience this or is it just the little man in our heads trying to mess with us???
I hear nothing....
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rickmeister56
09-01-2007, 02:51 PM
when i first purchased my 2005 nomad it had a considerable tic noise coming from the engine area. upon installing v/h pipes and getting rid of the goats belly i found that the nad would backfire alot so i marbled the air injection hose and the tic went away. the tic was in fact coming from the air injection solenoids. hope this will be of some help to you http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
Okay, I give up. The lifter noise is normal. Everyone says it is suppose to be that way and I know they are right but I am still fighting the sound because the last bikes I owned before the Nomad were Gold Wings. Any phycho analyst out there that can make me metally accept this noise?
Resistance was futile, you have been assimilated"
dogdoc
09-01-2007, 07:12 PM
get used to the lifter noise GUYS, it ain't going away!! mine don't after a 5 mile warm up, or 10 miles or 500 miles, the lifters are loud and part of the Nomad mystique. Love it.
Doc
Hey kawgirl....I was out riding this morning and think I figured out the chirping you were talking about.
It's a sound I have always wondered about. When I had my Shadow...when I had drag pipes (straight no baffle) when I went over a bridge with concrete K-rail style sides on it...i heard what sounded like a belt buckle or saddlebag buckle rattling.....I looked and looked trying to figure it out.......I finally chalked it up to the Shadow.
So, got the Nomad....road about a 1000 miles no similar sound. Put the V&H baggers on it and guess what...the same sound!!!
May be just mine and your ears....but I am wondering if it has something to do with the harmonics of the sound bouncing back or something...you know..like your bike sounds different (not as "beefy or low)with you riding it as it does when it goes by on the road...let someone take it out for a spin and see how different it sounds..
Professor Blowndodge probably will know what causes this.
Anybody else experience this or is it just the little man in our heads trying to mess with us???
Must be the little men in my head!!!! or my freekin' wrecked hearing!!
Hey todd my shadow would chirp sometimes too after I put V&H on. I have stock pipes on my nomad and never get a chirp. I bet you're right mith the harmonics at just the right rpm is what does it.
blowndodge
09-02-2007, 12:19 PM
Anybody else experience this or is it just the little man in our heads trying to mess with us???
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<marquee>THAT'S IT!!!! IT SPLINTERED RIGHT OUT MY SIDE! http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u272/DrNickDC/head.jpg</marquee>
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jmorrow
09-02-2007, 10:15 PM
[quote:lgwom6d0] Before I put the cobra exhaust on, the Nomad was so quite that if there was any wind at all I couldn't hear the bike run, I had to feel the bike to know when to shift gears.
JIM, you may want to look your bike over real good. I think your dealer may have kept the nomad motor and slipped you a Yamaha in line four or something along those lines. It sure don't sound like you are riding on a 1600 V-Twin. ???[/quote:lgwom6d0]
That was normally going down the interstate at 80-85mph....When I was riding in the twisties at 30mph to 45mph I could hear the motor and a low exhaust note.....I just got back from a 2 day 835 mile ride and the only time I noticed the lifter noise was in the morning when the Nomad was first started, but I have the Cobra Exhaust now http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif and I ride merrily down the hwy without a care, unless a deer runs across in front of me ???
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