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Clatter over uneven pavement when cold
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<blockquote data-quote="ThwartedEfforts" data-source="post: 1399612" data-attributes="member: 91431"><p>Thanks all for the replies.</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure I exhausted the brakes avenue, as neither the rear nor the fronts had any overt effect on the noise. It was in testing the brakes that I realised the slack in the drivetrain appeared to be the most obvious contributing factor, but I'm damned if I know what that could be or mean.</p><p></p><p>However, because what I'm listening out for <em>seems</em> to come from behind me, while riding, it's seriously difficult to pinpoint. It's often hard to locate rattles on the interior of a car when you're sitting in it and able to thump, pull and curse at literally anything within reach, let alone perched on something where the wind is in your face. I've looked the bike over thoroughly and gone through all the suggestions here, such as checking the mudguards fixings and so on, but it's exactly how you'd expect a low mileage 2018 Yamaha to be: clean and tight.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to ride it sans panniers today, and hopefully collar either my wife or a pal to stand on the edge of the pavement as I go past and get a third party view. I'm certain my wife will just say disapprovingly, "It sounds like a motorbike" so I'm holding out for a friend...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThwartedEfforts, post: 1399612, member: 91431"] Thanks all for the replies. I'm pretty sure I exhausted the brakes avenue, as neither the rear nor the fronts had any overt effect on the noise. It was in testing the brakes that I realised the slack in the drivetrain appeared to be the most obvious contributing factor, but I'm damned if I know what that could be or mean. However, because what I'm listening out for [I]seems[/I] to come from behind me, while riding, it's seriously difficult to pinpoint. It's often hard to locate rattles on the interior of a car when you're sitting in it and able to thump, pull and curse at literally anything within reach, let alone perched on something where the wind is in your face. I've looked the bike over thoroughly and gone through all the suggestions here, such as checking the mudguards fixings and so on, but it's exactly how you'd expect a low mileage 2018 Yamaha to be: clean and tight. I'm going to ride it sans panniers today, and hopefully collar either my wife or a pal to stand on the edge of the pavement as I go past and get a third party view. I'm certain my wife will just say disapprovingly, "It sounds like a motorbike" so I'm holding out for a friend... [/QUOTE]
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