04-12-2015, 10:07 PM
I wear earplugs most of the time. I'm 66, have ridden motorbikes since I was 16 and would like to keep my hearing 
I don't let any of my bikes warm up for 4 or 5 minutes, I start out on them as soon as they are able, and for Erics CB, that's almost immediately. I'm not a worrier, I don't overthink things, I enjoy riding.
Machines like motorcycle engines make noise, vibrate, buzz, chug, snatch and so on. Mostly because they follow their riders input. Sounds come from the oddest of places. The subtle ones are the trickiest of all. Pretty near everyone here has very nearly new if not new motorcycles. A few have accumulated a goodly number of miles. There have not, to my knowledge, been any reports of engine failures from this model or any similar ones. I say, ride 'em, enjoy 'em, and unless it's a noise of catastrophic nature, ignore those little sounds in one's head just like psychiatrists advise - but, that's just me
I don't let any of my bikes warm up for 4 or 5 minutes, I start out on them as soon as they are able, and for Erics CB, that's almost immediately. I'm not a worrier, I don't overthink things, I enjoy riding.
Machines like motorcycle engines make noise, vibrate, buzz, chug, snatch and so on. Mostly because they follow their riders input. Sounds come from the oddest of places. The subtle ones are the trickiest of all. Pretty near everyone here has very nearly new if not new motorcycles. A few have accumulated a goodly number of miles. There have not, to my knowledge, been any reports of engine failures from this model or any similar ones. I say, ride 'em, enjoy 'em, and unless it's a noise of catastrophic nature, ignore those little sounds in one's head just like psychiatrists advise - but, that's just me