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From: Pip Luscher on 23 Jul 2010 17:00 As if the V11 hasn't been enough trouble, I've recently started noticing the Quota's top gear is whining under load at certain speeds. 40-55mph is loudish and there's a distinct piercing peak at 65mph, but the noise almost completely disappears at other speeds and the other gears are pretty quiet. Now, 5th's whined for as long as I can remember, but I rode the bike withoput earplugs for the first time in ages recently and it really was loud. I have a horrible suspicion it coincides with the tranny oil leak increasing and the gearbox oil level being abnormally low when I checked it last service. So, the answer I'm looking for is: " they all do that, Sir". I suspect I'm not going to hear it, though. Note that apparently lightqweight-engined bikes use a similar gearbox but with straight-cut gears, so some of these models are known to be a bit noisy. The Quota's basically a 1000S motor in a tall chassis. -- -Pip
From: steve auvache on 23 Jul 2010 20:49 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:27 +0100, Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: >As if the V11 hasn't been enough trouble, I've recently started >noticing the Quota's top gear is whining under load at certain speeds. >40-55mph is loudish and there's a distinct piercing peak at 65mph, but >the noise almost completely disappears at other speeds and the other >gears are pretty quiet. > >Now, 5th's whined for as long as I can remember, but I rode the bike >withoput earplugs for the first time in ages recently and it really >was loud. I have a horrible suspicion it coincides with the tranny oil >leak increasing and the gearbox oil level being abnormally low when I >checked it last service. > >So, the answer I'm looking for is: " they all do that, Sir". I suspect >I'm not going to hear it, though. I am just trying to cope with the concept of a bike with such low top end noise that I could hear the gearbox. -- steve auvache
From: Pip Luscher on 24 Jul 2010 04:28 On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:49:47 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: >I am just trying to cope with the concept of a bike with such low top end >noise that I could hear the gearbox. Heh. Quotas are very quiet as standard - apart from the usual tappet noises - and thre isn't much in the way of aftermarket cans for them. I don't 'do' loud cans in any case. -- -Pip
From: Gavin on 24 Jul 2010 08:32 On 2010-07-24 09:28:16 +0100, Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> said: > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:49:47 +0100, steve auvache > <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> I am just trying to cope with the concept of a bike with such low top end >> noise that I could hear the gearbox. > > Heh. Quotas are very quiet as standard - apart from the usual tappet > noises - and thre isn't much in the way of aftermarket cans for them. > I don't 'do' loud cans in any case. Tell me about it, I have been trying for ages to get a straight through crossover and some better pipes for the Cali, and only ONE company in Italy do them. I suppose a bike with a low annual output doesnt get the same amount of aftermarket goodies that a bike thats made in its millions. -- Gavin. Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera GSXR600K1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk
From: JB on 24 Jul 2010 13:54
"Pip Luscher" <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote in message news:2svj469sv7qn2s6mrejuou709v3famn92s(a)4ax.com... > As if the V11 hasn't been enough trouble, I've recently started > noticing the Quota's top gear is whining under load at certain speeds. > 40-55mph is loudish and there's a distinct piercing peak at 65mph, but > the noise almost completely disappears at other speeds and the other > gears are pretty quiet. > > Now, 5th's whined for as long as I can remember, but I rode the bike > withoput earplugs for the first time in ages recently and it really > was loud. I have a horrible suspicion it coincides with the tranny oil > leak increasing and the gearbox oil level being abnormally low when I > checked it last service. No good. Not good at all. > > So, the answer I'm looking for is: " they all do that, Sir". I suspect > I'm not going to hear it, though. > They don't. At least my 2 don't make any noise at ~70k and 242k (yes that's right). If this is the same box as the older round barrel engines, I'd have it apart while you've got it out of the bike. There some special tools required but the genuine manual has good enough photos of them o fab your own. You'd curse yourself if you lost a bearing (or worse!) after another few hundred miles. > Note that apparently lightqweight-engined bikes use a similar gearbox > but with straight-cut gears, so some of these models are known to be a > bit noisy. The Quota's basically a 1000S motor in a tall chassis. > "Lightweight"?! Can't be talking about a Guzzi surely. JB |