welcome to the club
Rodger wrote on 12/07/15 at 18:13:46:when I let off the throttle, there's a whine that I can't explain, which sounds like it's coming from the front of the engine. This is my first belt-drive bike, and I checked the belt tension "a la" the U-Tube video I found here and it seems to be correct for the fingertip-slack-90°-twist check. I removed the front sprocket cover and noted a very small amount of what seems to be black rubber dust. I'm wondering if the whine could be the belt, or is this just a characteristic of the S40?
Is such a whine normal for this bike? Again, I only hear it on deceleration.
I've never had a new one, so add salt.
Mine does not whine on acc/dec, but it does grumble pop on decel, and I hoot and haller on accel.
I seen several with the whine thou and it wasn't hard to fix them with belt alignment. If you can get the belt to ride in the center of the pulleys, that won't be the cause of the whine. (just don't seat your girlfriend back there for too long, most obnoxious whine ever)
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1260147857/0 Quote:#2: After the first 30 miles, the disc brake began to squeal. I haven't been engaging in hard braking or riding the brake, so I wouldn't think the pads are glazed.
noisy brakes are another issue, as long as you have stock pads you'll have it from time to time.
brake dust seemed to be the issue on my bike, also moisture which I don't have a lot of in california.
wash the brake dust off and it'll be quiet for awhile.
since I've vented my disk and don't use stock pads I haven't had the issue. Get the kevlar pads when you're ready, but they're just called organic due to the trademarked name.
but in the mean time, burn off the moisture by braking hard a few times. it works for the front and back.