I would guess that I have saved ~$2000 by being a member here and using the tech articles and a lot of assistance from members here who are more than willing to assist you when you have issues. I see you are not a member yet! Membership is only $12 a year and allows you to view and use all sections of this site. Lots of info on this in the TECH section along with a multitude of other items that will help you maintain you ride. Any information would be really appreciated. IE: gas mileage, engine performance ect.The hope is to make the pipes loader so I can't hear the whining from the clutch. Has anybody done this or heard of the results of doing this. It is not real bad and I was thinking about modifing the the stock exhaust system by removing the cone from the end of the exhaust and putting some holes in the last baffle. I have the Whine coming from the clutch basket. New to the group and have owned my 2008 venture for a year or so and put about 12000 miles on it. Last night I didn't say a word about the chirp as I noticed it was less, and later during the ride my wife said hey where's that chirping noise at ? did you do something to fix it, I said no, just plug welded the mufflers, go figure. The chirp was getting that bad that it was giving me a headache and my wife noticed it to from the passenger seat. I know the exhaust should have nothing to do with the clutch chirp, but kind of hard to explain. My bike has had the dreaded chirp coming more evident lately, and last night the chirp was almost none existant. I thought when I drilled the back of the mufflers it made a difference and I guess the noise made it feel like it had more power, but after plug welding the holes shut it must create more back pressue and seemed to really help it. Yesterday my wife and I went on a ride, and imediatly I noticed the bike had more get up and go and accelerated better. After a while even they got kind of annoying, so last week I removed the mufflers and plug welded the holes shut and back to the stock sound. I drilled my stock mufflers the same way you did, liked the sound, not loud but a nice low tone. I run stock most of the time, though I do have a set of Baron's 4-2-4s I picked up used. These engines are perfectly happy running one rpm below cut out (and some over, actually - that's what the Dyna's for). Not all the time, mind you, just a couple of times to train your ear and butt. If you haven't already, take it out and bump it against the rev-limiter a couple of times (second gear - this'll take you just under 100 in third), just to find out how tight it'll wind. Of course, some do have a bit of a problem, but most are just suffering from under utilization. Generally I try not to use fifth gear below 65 or 70. I treat the sound as an indicator that I need to downshift. Its happy revving to the high side of 7000 rpms (got a Dyna3000). Mine only whines a little between 25 rpms. (Don't know what you came from, just mentioning.) Any chance you're running the engine too low in its range? Lots of people who come to the Venture from a V-twin do.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |