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high pitch noise at high rpm?
03/04/10 at 17:32:31

whenever my bike reaches the high rpm range, right before i shift, i get a high pitched whinning noise. i shift fairly conservatively so it's not like i'm redlining it or anything. Also i hear this noise chirp for a second when i hit a bump cruising at an rpm just below where i would here it normally. lastly, if i am running at a constant high rpm such as trying to listen to this noise, i also here a sort of clicking sound which seems to be coming from the engine but not real sure on it's whereabouts. any ideas or experiences?

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Re: high pitch noise at high rpm?
Reply #1 - 03/04/10 at 18:08:30

very likely both sounds are the drivebelt chirpping,... It's normal...
It'll happen more often in wet and cold...
If it bothers you, you can try some beeswax, chainwax, wd-40, but it will come back... You can also try loosening the belt a little...
but basically there's nothing wrong...

Don't worry about it...

The clicking could be camchain if the bike has 15 or 20k + miles... if the bike is new, it's the belt...

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wolfmrp Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 259 Portland Or	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #2 - 03/04/10 at 20:00:18 Next time you hear the high pitch noise try putting your hand on the speedo. The mounts sometimes make a high pitch noise.
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RTC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 260 El Paso, TX (Ft. Bliss) Gender:	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #3 - 03/04/10 at 20:39:16 cool, good to know. the bike only has 1000 miles but it is a 2002 that i just picked up so it's not in the condition that a bike with 1000 miles should be in.
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RTC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 260 El Paso, TX (Ft. Bliss) Gender:	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #4 - 03/05/10 at 16:57:54 wolfmrp, you were spot on. hand on the speedo and no more noise. i had to remove it to shift though
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #5 - 03/05/10 at 18:12:47 i had to remove it to shift though Grin Why? Clutchless shifting is fine on this thing except for the 1/2 or 2/1 shifts.
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Re: high pitch noise at high rpm?
Reply #6 - 03/05/10 at 20:22:18

RTC wrote on 03/04/10 at 17:32:31:

whenever my bike reaches the high rpm range, right before i shift, i get a high pitched whinning noise. i shift fairly conservatively so it's not like i'm redlining it or anything. Also i hear this noise chirp for a second when i hit a bump cruising at an rpm just below where i would here it normally. lastly, if i am running at a constant high rpm such as trying to listen to this noise, i also here a sort of clicking sound which seems to be coming from the engine but not real sure on it's whereabouts. any ideas or experiences?

try wearing a tighter helmet,cant hear a thing after that .

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28657 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #7 - 03/05/10 at 21:47:12 Bzzzt!,..Ouch!... (hey!...that hurt!...)... I got it wrong... If you want to fix the speedo squeal,.. pull the tank,.. and squirt silicone gasket sealant around the three springs that are under the speedo mounting screws... no more squealies!...
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RTC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 260 El Paso, TX (Ft. Bliss) Gender:	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #8 - 03/05/10 at 22:06:13 i was imagining some sort of silicone fix...sounds good thanks
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RTC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 260 El Paso, TX (Ft. Bliss) Gender:	Re: high pitch noise at high rpm? Reply #9 - 03/05/10 at 22:08:04 sorry serowbot didnt mean to hurt you
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Re: high pitch noise at high rpm?
Reply #10 - 03/06/10 at 18:07:46

RTC wrote on 03/05/10 at 16:57:54:

wolfmrp, you were spot on. hand on the speedo and no more noise. i had to remove it to shift though Grin

R,

A few different ways to skin that cat:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1179104436/0

You'll see what I did to stop the infernal speedo squeal.....and it's still working great for me!

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