High Pitched whine

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Re: High Pitched whine

15 Jun 2014 05:49

My bike used to have a whine which got louder the faster I went.
I've since stopped taking the wife on the back and the problem has disappeared. :silly:

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Re: High Pitched whine

15 Jun 2014 06:05

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Markovich wrote: Hello there, I have noticed a high pitched whine while going down the road. It's the sound I normally equate with the clutch and the clutch is slipping and grabby too when in 1st gear. Bike has 72k on it. Do you think the whine is clutch slippage and I just need to replace it? Thanks, Marko

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Re: High Pitched whine

15 Jun 2014 16:33

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What you are hearing is gear whine. This is typical Kawasaki. My 75 900 and my 09 C14 have the same gear whine. If a big Kawasaki doesn't have gear whine there is something wrong with it. :lol: Even my 74 900 made the very same noise back in the day.

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