Mirror, Mirror on the right...

[pdedse]

For over a year I have been befuddled by a rattle coming from the right side, and foward. Kind of a metalic rattle, just loud enough to hear at different speeds. The rattle is more obvious while accelerating and while riding over uneven surfaces.

Several times after a ride, I've lightly tapped with a rubber mallet on this and that trying to locate the noise. I checked all fasteners, pulled and pushed here and there... and nada. Tried blowing with leaf blower and compressor from the front at all angles to see of I could make something rattle. Everything seemed solid as a rock.

This morning I walk by the right side of the bike, and my forearm happens to bump the right side mirror...what?! I bump it again...and a distinctive rattle. I have to put my reading glasses on, but the mirror and black ring is loose and it rattles as I thump the backside of the mirror. Huh. With my fingers I can move the black ring / mirror in a circle independently of the mirror body.

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If you click on volumn icon should be able to hear it.

Anyone else's do that?

[GoldOxide_imp]

Has the time come to pass to tighten it up?

I think I had that happen to my Yamaha mirror back in the early eighties. Some how I was able to tighten things up without disassembly.

[pdedse]

Has the time come to pass to tighten it up?

I think I had that happen to my Yamaha mirror back in the early eighties. Some how I was able to tighten things up without disassembly.

it seems to just spin and spin and spin

[Gone in 60]

Can you wedge something in it? Makes me appreciate my CB500 mirrors.
And music in my earbuds as I ride. Hides the rattles so I don’t go buggy.

Been chasing an annoying rattle in the car. Turns out Mrs. G has been turning the visor to the side and not clicking it back into the bracket. It was rattling against the bracket. Found it after emptying everything out of the car and glovebox.

[Cormanus]

I’ve had that problem too, Mr Gone.

[pdedse]

Can you wedge something in it? Makes me appreciate my CB500 mirrors.
And music in my earbuds as I ride. Hides the rattles so I don’t go buggy.

Been chasing an annoying rattle in the car. Turns out Mrs. G has been turning the visor to the side and not clicking it back into the bracket. It was rattling against the bracket. Found it after emptying everything out of the car and glovebox.

The black rubber ring surrounding the mirror is pretty tight against the surface of the mirror "body" (for lack of a better term). The mirror itself w/ black ring will spin and I can move it side to side about 1/8". This is what makes the rattle sound. But a razor blade is too thick to wedge between black ring and body. I might run a thin bead of transparent marine sealant around the edge. Or buy earbuds.

Can you wedge something in it? Makes me appreciate my CB500 mirrors.
And music in my earbuds as I ride. Hides the rattles so I don’t go buggy.

Been chasing an annoying rattle in the car. Turns out Mrs. G has been turning the visor to the side and not clicking it back into the bracket. It was rattling against the bracket. Found it after emptying everything out of the car and glovebox.

It's funny how vibrations / rattles can be difficult to pinpoint where they're coming from. We purchased an '04 Honda Element new, and after a couple of years, started hearing a vibration we thought was coming from the undercarriage area. I searched internet and found others had a similar problem, but suggestions didn't pan out. A Honda mechanic spent an hour looking...nada.

One windy day my 10 year old son waits in the parked car as I go into a restaurant to pick up some carry-out. When I get back to the car, I see him standing next to the car looking at the roof rack. "I found your vibration", he nonchalantly reports. Turns out the Honda installed roof rack bars were loose and as you picked up speed (or as the wind blew hard that day), the wind would pass through the loose bars producing an annoying vibration.

I pulled out a 20 dollar bill and gave it to him on the spot for fixing the car. I'll never forget his smile. Got home, tightened the roof rack bars and no more vibration. Mechanic who rode with me to ID where the vibration was coming from agreed with me that it was coming from underneath the car. Strange.

[Gone in 60]

I'd put a few dots of black silicone on four spots where the mirror glass meets the rubber gasket. Rotate the mirror a bit to work the glue into the joint between the rubber and the glass, then wipe up the glue residue. Hopefully just a few spots of black silicone will be enough to keep the glass from rattling. But yeah on the earbuds... for some short trips, I don't wear them, and think about all of the weird noises my bike makes and fret about them being normal or not...

Along these lines of wondering where the problem is, had a funny incident just now coming to work. Been very happy that my Ebay LED spotlights and Amazon LED headlight bulbs have been working so well and so long on my bikes. Pulled the Triumph into the shop this morning, and before I turned off the key, noticed a bit of flickering on the ground in the light pattern. Thought "well, shoot, one of those lights must be going out."

Stood in front of the bike for five minutes staring at the beams (Yeah, I still have three white spots in my vision right now). Nothing wrong. Huh. Turned the bike off, went in, took my gear off and got a cup of coffee.

Went back out to the shop to get working, and noticed flickering on my work project.

The flickering was coming from the flourescent tube up above me.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Glad to read, Gone, that it was just the tube 'a flickerin', and not sumthin else.

[pdedse]

I'd put a few dots of black silicone on four spots where the mirror glass meets the rubber gasket. Rotate the mirror a bit to work the glue into the joint between the rubber and the glass, then wipe up the glue residue. Hopefully just a few spots of black silicone will be enough to keep the glass from rattling. But yeah on the earbuds... for some short trips, I don't wear them, and think about all of the weird noises my bike makes and fret about them being normal or not...

Along these lines of wondering where the problem is, had a funny incident just now coming to work. Been very happy that my Ebay LED spotlights and Amazon LED headlight bulbs have been working so well and so long on my bikes. Pulled the Triumph into the shop this morning, and before I turned off the key, noticed a bit of flickering on the ground in the light pattern. Thought "well, shoot, one of those lights must be going out."

Stood in front of the bike for five minutes staring at the beams (Yeah, I still have three white spots in my vision right now). Nothing wrong. Huh. Turned the bike off, went in, took my gear off and got a cup of coffee.

Went back out to the shop to get working, and noticed flickering on my work project.

The flickering was coming from the flourescent tube up above me.

Yeah, that's prolly what I'll do, but I'll use clear silicone because it's what I have. I think black might show more. But if people are looking that closely at my bike and comment on it, then they should take a few steps back.

I'd put a few dots of black silicone on four spots where the mirror glass meets the rubber gasket. Rotate the mirror a bit to work the glue into the joint between the rubber and the glass, then wipe up the glue residue. Hopefully just a few spots of black silicone will be enough to keep the glass from rattling. But yeah on the earbuds... for some short trips, I don't wear them, and think about all of the weird noises my bike makes and fret about them being normal or not...

Along these lines of wondering where the problem is, had a funny incident just now coming to work. Been very happy that my Ebay LED spotlights and Amazon LED headlight bulbs have been working so well and so long on my bikes. Pulled the Triumph into the shop this morning, and before I turned off the key, noticed a bit of flickering on the ground in the light pattern. Thought "well, shoot, one of those lights must be going out."

Stood in front of the bike for five minutes staring at the beams (Yeah, I still have three white spots in my vision right now). Nothing wrong. Huh. Turned the bike off, went in, took my gear off and got a cup of coffee.

Went back out to the shop to get working, and noticed flickering on my work project.

The flickering was coming from the flourescent tube up above me.

thanks for that...I feel much better about the numerous times similar things have happened to me.

[Gone in 60]

I'd put a few dots of black silicone on four spots where the mirror glass meets the rubber gasket. Rotate the mirror a bit to work the glue into the joint between the rubber and the glass, then wipe up the glue residue. Hopefully just a few spots of black silicone will be enough to keep the glass from rattling. But yeah on the earbuds... for some short trips, I don't wear them, and think about all of the weird noises my bike makes and fret about them being normal or not...

Along these lines of wondering where the problem is, had a funny incident just now coming to work. Been very happy that my Ebay LED spotlights and Amazon LED headlight bulbs have been working so well and so long on my bikes. Pulled the Triumph into the shop this morning, and before I turned off the key, noticed a bit of flickering on the ground in the light pattern. Thought "well, shoot, one of those lights must be going out."

Stood in front of the bike for five minutes staring at the beams (Yeah, I still have three white spots in my vision right now). Nothing wrong. Huh. Turned the bike off, went in, took my gear off and got a cup of coffee.

Went back out to the shop to get working, and noticed flickering on my work project.

The flickering was coming from the flourescent tube up above me.

Yeah, that's prolly what I'll do, but I'll use clear silicone because it's what I have. I think black might show more. But if people are looking that closely at my bike and comment on it, then they should take a few steps back.

I'd put a few dots of black silicone on four spots where the mirror glass meets the rubber gasket. Rotate the mirror a bit to work the glue into the joint between the rubber and the glass, then wipe up the glue residue. Hopefully just a few spots of black silicone will be enough to keep the glass from rattling. But yeah on the earbuds... for some short trips, I don't wear them, and think about all of the weird noises my bike makes and fret about them being normal or not...

Along these lines of wondering where the problem is, had a funny incident just now coming to work. Been very happy that my Ebay LED spotlights and Amazon LED headlight bulbs have been working so well and so long on my bikes. Pulled the Triumph into the shop this morning, and before I turned off the key, noticed a bit of flickering on the ground in the light pattern. Thought "well, shoot, one of those lights must be going out."

Stood in front of the bike for five minutes staring at the beams (Yeah, I still have three white spots in my vision right now). Nothing wrong. Huh. Turned the bike off, went in, took my gear off and got a cup of coffee.

Went back out to the shop to get working, and noticed flickering on my work project.

The flickering was coming from the flourescent tube up above me.

thanks for that...I feel much better about the numerous times similar things have happened to me.

Oh, had another one like that a few weeks ago. Was about to go to bed at midnight after my typical YouTube rabbit hole on WW2 airplane videos or something like that, and suddenly heard water rushing from somewhere in the house. Started panicking, running around with my ear to the wall, figuring a pipe had burst somewhere.

Tracked the noise downstairs to the garage, thinking the water heater had burst, ran around in the garage...

It was my water softener regenerating. Typically happens around 3:00 am when we're asleep. When we did the time change recently, I screwed up changing the clock on the stupid thing.