noise from front tire

My 14 has about 5k miles on her now, 600 by me and I have noticed a almost scrubbing type noise from the front tire area. Rides fine and makes the noise with the clutch in or out on or off the brakes while moving. Is this maybe tire noise from the bt023 or maybe a wheel bearing? Didnt know if this was common with the stock tire. My 07 didnt do it.

It's you're front tire.

PR2 fronts do this also

Change that nasty OEM front and you should be good.

OEM '023 isn't a very good tire...you're doing well getting 5K outta it!

--G

My front tire sings when it's leaned, is quiet when upright. Kinda startling at first.

Too bad I can't keep it leaned very much around here......

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LOL! I had a '79 BMW R100RS that really required earplugs to ride due to the fairing/windscreen design. On occasions I did not use them, all kind of disconcerting sounds emanated from below. Yep, those ear plugs made that Beemer much more reliable.

wfooshee said:

My front tire sings when it's leaned, is quiet when upright. Kinda startling at first.

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Same here. Almost thought it could be a wheel bearing at first.

But it's my tire (8000 mile Roadsmart 2)

adding a few lbs to the front tire pressure helps.

It's tire noise. the PRs I'm running now are far more nosier than the Metzler Z6's I ran for years. I'm thinking about going back to them.

Thanks for the confirmation. I usually wear earphones so i will ride this tire out and see how the next does.

Yeah, my 2014 is just now passing 5k miles. The original BT023s have been noisy since Day One. On that day, I rode without earplugs, and noticed the noise immediately. It surprised me, and made me think there was some other source of the noise, because I'm used to tires being real quiet when they're new.

If I ride w/o earplugs then I can hear the roar even through my new very tight fitting Shoei, at low speeds, usually while coasting to a stop. With earplugs, I can't hear anything but wind.

At some point the front tire edges wear into a sawtooth pattern which is usually what makes the noise when the bike is leaned over. I read somewhere a complicated reason for this but I can't remember what it was. I do know that the sawtooth edge develops faster when running the front tire with low pressure. Gotta stay on top of those tire pressures.

Never experienced this much noise with 19 bikes ive owned but im sure thats what it is. At 5k they show no wear but i bought it used so I dont know if they were replaced or not at the dealer

Water shedding grooves, the noise becomes more noticable as the middle wears more than the sides.

"Veni,Verdi.Varoom"
"I came,I saw,I rode"

Love that!

Noticed a noise in mine when I bought it. Some road surfaces produce no noise. Some produce more.