Pulsating Sound

[moby one]

Here is a new one ( I think ). It only seems that in 4th gear I hear a distinct what I would call a pulsating sound. I have yet to hear it in any other gear. I have an '05 ABS with 3400 miles. If this is normal it at least tells me which gear I'm in. What do you think?

 

[Groo]

That's just the warp drive charging up....

 

[jkarp]

Yup. Perfectly normal.

 

[radman]

Ride it till it explodes. Diagnosis will then be much simpler.

 

[moby one]

Okay sounds good. end of story. B)

 

[kerhrhr]

I thought I was the only one that noticed it. Hmmmmm. Yeah, I have it too. And I too have an 05 with the same amount of miles on it. I've heard the sound from the beginning our mine and Peggy Sue's relationship. How bout you?

 

[moby one]

I thought I was the only one that noticed it. Hmmmmm. Yeah, I have it too. And I too have an 05 with the same amount of miles on it. I've heard the sound from the beginning our mine and Peggy Sue's relationship. How bout you?

Yep.

 

[Thug]

Sure it’s not your love muscle filling with blood? :eh:

 

[Woodstock]

Sure it’s not your love muscle filling with blood? :eh:

ok, now I have to clean up the coffee I just spat all over my keyboard. :lol:

 

[yamaholic]

It's not new. Same problem has been happening on a small amount of bikes since day 1 of the FJR. Mine does it. Dealer said it's normal. Being one who doesn't trust dealers (most of them), I had the dealer listen to it, verify in writing that the noise is there, have a printout of the service call and their "normal" statement.

No way I'm letting them strip apart the tranny without a failure, so I just ride it.

My advice is to wear earplugs. Or just pretend like you're George Jetson on your way to Spacely Sprockets! Whir-whir-whir-whir-waah-waah-wahh-waah!!!

Now if it made this sound in all gears...the diff is probably shimmed incorrectly.

 

[FJRottie]

This has been brought up before.

FJRs seem to make this sound when cruising in 4th around 40 mph.

Whir, whir, whir is Japanese for faster, faster, faster.