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Old 08-13-2017, 01:29 PM   #1
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howl sound

just wondering if i should be concerned, I have a howl when going down the road and when im going straight all is good but left or right curve and i get the noise. I have MCII on both front and back with about 7,500 miles on them?
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Old 08-13-2017, 01:47 PM   #2
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Could be your tires, get going down the road about 70 and clutch it. Does it go away? Or change tone? The same?
Could be your wheel bearings, Rear drive whining cause of low oil or no oil, Angle drive bearing going, could be alot of things....
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I would suspect cupped tires...........rub your hands over the tread and you can tell.
 
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Probably tires wore down except for the outer edges so when when you they make contact on the road when you turn/lean they make a rumble is my guess.
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Old 08-13-2017, 06:31 PM   #5
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On 4th set of MCII and at 7,000 to 8,000 miles front tire starts to makes noise when going left. If I go some place with curves and put on a few miles the noise gets less or goes away for a short time till I get on the usual fairly straight roads I ride around home. Have 40PSI front and back. getting 18,000 to 20,000 on a set of MCII tires and no cupping on any of the tires I have had on.
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Old 08-13-2017, 09:05 PM   #6
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raining cats and dogs today ,will try for tomorrow. I have 52,000 on her
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I'd bet its the tires as well, they do that after the have some miles on them.
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Could be your tires, get going down the road about 70 and clutch it. Does it go away? Or change tone? The same?
Could be your wheel bearings, Rear drive whining cause of low oil or no oil, Angle drive bearing going, could be alot of things....
Does the bearing tend to make noise when the bike is heeled over one direction versus the other, or will it make noise either direction?
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Old 08-15-2017, 06:48 PM   #10
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left or right when going into curves, Its either rain or work keeping me from looking into it
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Old 08-16-2017, 06:31 AM   #11
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99.999 percent of the time it's the tires.
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