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My 1967 Atlas has just started to make a strange noise which I have been unable to isolate. As you release the clutch and begin moving from a stop, I can hear (faintly) what almost sounds like a speedometer cable flapping around madly inside the instrument, with the speed of the flapping increasing with speed. The speedo needle has swung wildly and unpredictably for a while now, and it's on my list of things left to sort out, but I'm not sure if that's the problem.
While idling in the garage, I pulled the clutch in and out a couple of times, and noticed a kind of a chirping sound which I now suspect I confused with the speedo cable. If I'm getting that sound from the primary area when activating the clutch, what type of issue coould there be?
I haven't had time to eliminate the speedo cable as the source yet by riding without it, but will do that first. I am concerned though about riding the bike at all if the noise I'm hearing is something in the clutch area about to seize up.
Anybody have any ideas? This kind of ticks me off since I just got the brakes to what I felt was an acceptable level of performance, and have been having a blast zipping around on the bike.
While idling in the garage, I pulled the clutch in and out a couple of times, and noticed a kind of a chirping sound which I now suspect I confused with the speedo cable. If I'm getting that sound from the primary area when activating the clutch, what type of issue coould there be?
I haven't had time to eliminate the speedo cable as the source yet by riding without it, but will do that first. I am concerned though about riding the bike at all if the noise I'm hearing is something in the clutch area about to seize up.
Anybody have any ideas? This kind of ticks me off since I just got the brakes to what I felt was an acceptable level of performance, and have been having a blast zipping around on the bike.