09-03-2020, 07:52 PM
Hi all,
Just had new tyres (TIRES!!) and inner tubes mounted to my CB. Bridgestone Battlax T31. Standard 18" sizes front and rear. I now have a lot of noise coming from the front wheel at all speeds over 15mph. Sounds like a bad wheel bearing but at a constant frequency. I checked it all out and reinstalled both wheels to correct procedure. Wheels spin freely, no brake calliper binding. Checked out chain slack - fine. Bike has 6000 miles and had no such noise on original Dunlops (which I didn't really like) T31's in this size are designed to be used with or without tubes as required. I am now 200 miles in on the new rubber so they should be scrubbed in.
I removed front mudguard and went for a spin. Noise still there albeit not as intrusive so ruled out excessive resonating between tyre and mudguard. I have a road comet nose cone fitted so I will remove that next to repeat the experiment.
Anyone else have similar problems after fitting new tyres? Anything obvious about the front or rear axles I may have missed out?
Just had new tyres (TIRES!!) and inner tubes mounted to my CB. Bridgestone Battlax T31. Standard 18" sizes front and rear. I now have a lot of noise coming from the front wheel at all speeds over 15mph. Sounds like a bad wheel bearing but at a constant frequency. I checked it all out and reinstalled both wheels to correct procedure. Wheels spin freely, no brake calliper binding. Checked out chain slack - fine. Bike has 6000 miles and had no such noise on original Dunlops (which I didn't really like) T31's in this size are designed to be used with or without tubes as required. I am now 200 miles in on the new rubber so they should be scrubbed in.
I removed front mudguard and went for a spin. Noise still there albeit not as intrusive so ruled out excessive resonating between tyre and mudguard. I have a road comet nose cone fitted so I will remove that next to repeat the experiment.
Anyone else have similar problems after fitting new tyres? Anything obvious about the front or rear axles I may have missed out?