Spider noise

[Bruce Dillon]

Does anyone know why the engine or transmission developers a whining nose at or around 40 to 45 miles an hour?

[threefingers2]

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Does anyone know why the engine or transmission developers a whining nose at or around 40 to 45 miles an hour?

[garb55]

Mine does it at a lower speed than yours
then goes away after I go faster
It sounds like the old 3 speed manual transmissions we had back in the late 50's

[trikermutha]

Normal just ride and enjoy..

[rcturner]

I think they must be straight cut gears. Strong but noisy.

[Peter Aawen]

....be straight cut gears....

And if it's not the gears in the gear box, then it could well be the teeth on the drive belt & sprockets, or even the grooves & sipes cut/moulded into the tread on the tires!!

But like others have said, you just need to ride more, worry less!!

All mechanical devices make noises, rattles, hums, whines, whistles, etc but that's just the nature of the beast - and our beasts are way more complex than most, with lots of opportunity to make noises that you've never heard before, plus (despite the whatever Tupperware there is) much of the stuff that's likely to make noises is exposed & very near to you, so they seem to make far more noises than say, your car!! But if you want to hear noises (almost all of them benign & perfectly normal) take your helmet off & ride alongside a solid wall or noise reflective bank!!

No need to worry about the vast majority of noises tho, just listen for the changes and the significant increases. And even then, most of those are normal too!! When you hear a 'bad' noise, you'll generally have no doubts about it!!

[Chupaca]

Mine does it at a lower speed than yours
then goes away after I go faster
It sounds like the old 3 speed manual transmissions we had back in the late 50's

Ooooh I remember those...ground beef would quiet them down.

[Dragonfly]

Mine sounds like a Turbine Engine, so I have been told by guys riding behind me starts at around 25 mph and the faster I go the louder and higher the pitch. Started when I installed the SmoothSpyder Belt Tensioner back in 2014