04-13-2015, 08:40 AM
(04-12-2015, 10:07 PM)Motogeezer1949_imp Wrote: 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'm with you, Geezer! By their nature, air cooled engines are mechanically noisy. My very first bike was a Kaw KZ400. That engine sounded like someone was rattling pots and pans in there. Several months later one of the exhaust pipes rusted out and I never noticed the engine related noises after that
Speaking of noises in your head, in aviation we have a phenomenon called "automatic rough". When flying a single engine plane over water (beyond gliding distance to land) the pilot will invariably hear odd noises coming from the engine that he's never heard before. Once you're back over land, the noises disappear.
