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| I'm a new victory vision 2008 owner and my guestion is the drive train noise i here in all gears except 5 (very quite) is there a fix to this issue |
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| That's very normal. All the early bikes till 2011 had that issue. 5th is direct which is why its so quiet. There is nothing to fix. Some guys feel certain types of oil are quieter than others. You'll find it getting noisier right about the time it needs an oil change.
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| <p>Would it be a chirp or squeak sound as you go down the road? Coming from the right side. I'll bet your belt is out of alignment.</p><p>If so take some candale wax and rub on the outer edge of the belt</p><p>the hole length and sound will go away for thousands of miles.</p>
Edited by johnnyvision 2012-07-21 7:15 PM
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Danbury, Connecticut | marcparnes - 2012-07-21 6:35 PM
That's very normal. All the early bikes till 2011 had that issue. 5th is direct which is why its so quiet. There is nothing to fix. Some guys feel certain types of oil are quieter than others. You'll find it getting noisier right about the time it needs an oil change.
Marc
+1, you wont even notice it by the end of the season. |
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Lumber Bridge, NC United States | the fix is turn up the radio. |
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | If your bike is not stock you may consider a fuel controller or adjustments to allow the bike to not run a little richer. If the bike is totally stock it may be less of issue, when adding pipes and other mods this becomes a balancing act. |
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New Bohemia, VA | canvicdriver - 2012-07-21 6:17 PM I'm a new victory vision 2008 owner and my guestion is the drive train noise i here in all gears except 5 (very quite) is there a fix to this issue Get a Gold Wing! |
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Jasper, MO | varyder - 2012-07-22 6:45 AM
canvicdriver - 2012-07-21 6:17 PM I'm a new victory vision 2008 owner and my guestion is the drive train noise i here in all gears except 5 (very quite) is there a fix to this issue Get a Gold Wing!
 I had one. The high pitched gear whine drove me nuts--frazzeled my nerves.
I know, the GW devotees don't hear it. 
I don't know your riding history of course, but if you're new to fully faired touring bikes you'll hear all the little noises that you never hear on unfaired bikes. The "cockpit" captures and bounces them back to you and you don't have as much wind noise drowning out the sounds.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2012-07-22 10:30 AM
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Rhode Island | If belt is too tight it will make everything worse; have your wrench check it both cold and again when hot (30 or 40 mi)
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| You fellows have been a great help and thankfull its not just me. I know its not the belt and it is a stock machine with stage 2 pipes. I really enjoy this machine its unbelievable fuel milage and range. My fellow harley riders don't want to give it back when i let them ride it. Everywhere i go i get people coming over to look and talk. By the way i owned a goldwing for less than 4 months and got rid of it, i've got short legs and a sense of style.
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| I because i did go out a buy a set of kicker speakers to drown it out. |
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| canvicdriver - 2012-07-22 3:17 PM
By the way i owned a goldwing for less than 4 months and got rid of it, i've got short legs and a sense of style.
HA!!! I love "the sense of style thrown in there".... |
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| Ella2000 - 2012-11-21 1:36 PM canvicdriver - 2012-07-22 3:17 PM By the way i owned a goldwing for less than 4 months and got rid of it, i've got short legs and a sense of style. HA!!! I love "the sense of style thrown in there".... +1 |
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Land O Lakes, FL | That chirping you hear up front seems to emulate from a plastic sheathed cable running down the right side of the fairing. I'm not sure what it does but if you reach in there you feel it and it kinda flops around a little and rubs some of the metal parts causing an annoying bird like sound. One if these days I'm gonna zip tie it down so it stops annoying me LOL.
The rest of the motor is kinda noisy, fuel pump actuator, thunk into gear and the valve clatter it seems to make. All part of the experience. I noticed that the V-Twin valvoline 20-50 oil really quiets the engine clatter down pretty good. Also open the exhaust a bit and seems to drown some of that out as well |
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Peru, IN | I would suggest you add some synthetic 10W40 to your car tire. |
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