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You beat me to it!Pardon ?
You beat me to it!Pardon ?
or was left far behind….I chased a high pitched whining noise for ages… haven’t noticed it for a while… since my Missus stopped riding pillion…
I found my noise, a tinkling more than ringing. Was the locking tab washers on the exhaust header collars. I'll properly sort it one day. I couldn't face undoing the collars and going through the re-tightening process, so I stuck the washers to the collars with high temp gasket goo. Still good 3 years later.I've chased a strange somewhat ringing noise on my Mk 2 850 forever.
Finally just put it off to the harmonics of the wind ringing through the fins.
I don't remember this on other Commandos.
Whether that's the issue or not, i've given up as there are no mechanical maladies.
Just a bit of a joke at the end, I have no problem with my hearing after 50 years of riding without ear plugs, but at the end I put what you say as a joke I can't hear and I am deaf when the wife suggest anything lol.After 50+ years of riding without ear plugs my hearing is still good, hey what you say lol.
I presume you're talking about my bike?I assume you’ve set the pegs back due to your tank/saddle combo. Can’t say I like the appearance much but I understand the comfort benefits; I certainly wouldn’t want my pegs any further back on my bike my knees are already fairly bent as it is. Not too sure about those snail horns either, I’d rather take the wheel off; all looks a bit busy to me.
Your tank may be 4” longer but your Corbin is chopped off from the front, your butt is the same distance from the bars as mine. Just saying. I like the yellowI presume you're talking about my bike?
My (Interstate ) tank is 4" longer than your's, hence my footrests are 4" further back than yours - and I have more than twice the range.
Your opinion on appearance doesn't matter.
The horns are louder, in the open (more effective) and maintainable - I am very sure I like them.
I'm not a fan of yellow.
You can't see that, in your photo, FE has to sit further back than you?Your tank may be 4” longer but your Corbin is chopped off from the front, your butt is the same distance from the bars as mine. Just saying. I like the yellowView attachment 119625
I have the same horns as you, in the same position, but have them pointed downwards, don't yours scoop up rainwater and send it down to the bottom of the air duct?While you're that far apart why not shift the wiring to a more effective and more accessible place.
I suppose we should be thankful they didn't put it inside the oil tank.![]()
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I have small holes drilled in the bottoms for that reason.I have the same horns as you, in the same position, but have them pointed downwards, don't yours scoop up rainwater and send it down to the bottom of the air duct?
The seat, seat bracket, location of bracket to the seat and location of bracket to the frame, are all identical between Corbin Roadster and Interstate seats.You can't see that, in your photo, FE has to sit further back than you?
That's why he has rearsets too - although his are 8" back compared to my 4".
Cheers
Yes - so obviously you can't sit on that "chopped off" bitThe seat, seat bracket, location of bracket to the seat and location of bracket to the frame, are all identical between Corbin Roadster and Interstate seats.
The only difference is that the front part is chopped off on the Interstate.
Correct, but that’s not the arse shaped bit anyway.Yes - so obviously you can't sit on that "chopped off" bit
On this subject, one takeaway from riding FE’s bike was that without the front portion of the saddle which normally, due to its incline to the top of the tank, prevents one from sliding forward especially under decel I found I was often in contact with the tank’s ridges. No biggie on such a short ride but I suspect less than ideal for me on longer runs. This in turn forced my knees outward and thus my toes too, not ideal.Yes - so obviously you can't sit on that "chopped off" bit
I might do that, it does look better. Any change to the sound with the holes in the ducts? I guess they are still deafening whatever you doI have small holes drilled in the bottoms for that reason.![]()