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Headlight vibration rattle is really annoying at higher rpm, even worse when using a wind screen on this bike. As another forum member mention in a earlier post that the cure was to wrap the wire harness inside the headlight shell with some kind of insulated tape. This does work and cuts down about 80% of the noise. But I still had a slight rattle, even though everything was wrapped well. Well I finally found the culprit making the last of the 20% noise. It was the SPRING on the adjustment screw of the headlight, inside the shell. Wrapped it with insulated tape and silence at last.
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That is good news! And good to know for members who have problems in the future.
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I was just listening (to the vibration) this weekend, having spent LAST weekend wrapping everything BUT the SPRING. Thanks!
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That was the first thing I noticed after buying the bike the other day. Great info, Great forum.
Thanks
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Now that my memory has returned, it was "popgun" who figured out the original fix for this problem. You can search for it under "headlight ring rattle".
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Well to be honest, I didn't figure it out, just was first to try wrapping the connectors and posting a couple of pics.
Here is the thread on it.
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....ht=buzzing
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tomas: If you could give us a better description (or pic even better) of WHERE that spring is in the headlight bucket, that would be appreciated. My project(s) for this weekend. Thx.
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(09-19-2016, 11:11 PM)BayAreaRick_imp Wrote: tomas: If you could give us a better description (or pic even better) of WHERE that spring is in the headlight bucket, that would be appreciated. My project(s) for this weekend. Thx.
It's real easy to find, just take the two black screws out from the side of the headlight shell. Once removed, you can pull the headlight with the chrome ring off all together as one unit, by pulling forward at the bottom then up to remove it. You can leave the wires attached if you want. At the bottom inside of this unit you will find a long screw with a spring on it. Try to just wrap the spring by working electric tape around it a few times. One other thing, don't turn the screw with the spring on it or your headlight beam will be out of wack. That's it, put things back as they were and your done.
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^^^
Perfect description....thank you!
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Thanks tomas and popgun!
Silence at last!
