I just had a chance to drive my newly acquired GS out on the open road for the first time today.
You can check on my previous progress if you want by reading posts here :
How much gear noise should I be hearing normally ? Are any of the gears usually louder than the others ?
I do not hear ANY whine in 1st or 2nd gear. Mind you I have not taking the engine up very high on the tach so road speed was low in 1st/2nd. Even so, when I engage 3rd gear, there is suddenly a very audible whining noise. It's there but maybe not as loud in 4th and 5th. Maybe wind noise drowns out some of the whining at higher speeds. At 65 MPH in 5th, I could still detect it.
I searched the GS resources Forum for "whining" and found a lot of threads regarding the final drive/bevel gears and camchain tensioner. I don't think either of those areas are what I'm hearing because it does not seem to get louder or quieter during accelerating, deceleration or while maintaining a steady speed on a flat road. It does change pitch but sitting here I just had a "duh" moment and did not try to verify if it stayed in tune with engine RPM or instead with road speed. I THINK it was engine RPM related and not road speed related. At least to the best of my belief right now. More testing will be forthcoming if needed.
Are 1st and 2nd gears usually extremely quiet on these bikes ? I'll be draining the oil to have a look-see and will report my findings in the next day or two. Has anyone experienced a whining noise in only the top 3 gears ?
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