Engine sound/noise

[ckbikelove]

Video link at bottom.

2014 with 5k miles - new to me.

4-5k rpm vibration in bars and gets more pronounced.

Can't replicate in neutral or rolling with clutch in - only under load.

Seems more prominent when ambient air temp is hotter - (notice it more after work than in the am)

Normal or a problem?

(I am gonna check throttle body sync when my Morgan Carbtune gets here in a couple days.)

Thanks in advance.

Engine sound video

 

[Sierra1]

What bike are you coming from? The Tenere is a noisy beast, compared to pretty much any inline four. I didn't hear anything wrong with the video, but a lot of times, the video doesn't capture what your trying to replicate. To me the video sounded normal. We'll see what the others say.

 

[MFP]

Sounds normal to me.
S10s generally do not like to be lugged as you dip higher in the revs in any gear.

 

[ckbikelove]

What bike are you coming from? The Tenere is a noisy beast, compared to pretty much any inline four. I didn't hear anything wrong with the video, but a lot of times, the video doesn't capture what your trying to replicate. To me the video sounded normal. We'll see what the others say.

Just came off 7 years on a Concours C14

 

[ckbikelove]

Sounds normal to me.
S10s generally do not like to be lugged as you dip higher in the revs in any gear.

Interestingly, I don't hear it a lower rpm's. Mainly 4k-5500k.

 

[MFP]

Interestingly, I don't hear it a lower rpm's. Mainly 4k-55k.

By lugging I meant as you stay in gear and rev higher (accel) to the middle/top of the power band without upshifting.

 

[Sierra1]

Just came off 7 years on a Concours C14

Yeah, that could explain it. I've ridden on of those. Stupid fast, and relatively quiet. A 180 degree difference from the Tenere.

 

[ckbikelove]

Yeah, that could explain it. I've ridden on of those. Stupid fast, and relatively quiet. A 180 degree difference from the Tenere.

THe original S10 owner put on Arrow headers/exhaust, ECU flash, and PC 5 with auto tune adjustments. I guess my concern is that the mods are throwing something off. Bike only has 5k miles.

 

[ckbikelove]

By lugging I meant as you stay in gear and rev higher (accel) to the middle/top of the power band without upshifting.

That's right in the middle of the power band.

 

[MFP]

THe original S10 owner put on Arrow headers/exhaust, ECU flash, and PC 5 with auto tune adjustments. I guess my concern is that the mods are throwing something off. Bike only has 5k miles.

The first time I encountered a S10 and test drove it, upon startup I thought that I was listening to a Soviet era agricultural machine.

 

[MFP]

That's right in the middle of the power band.

I have a flashed GEN1. I generally do not go above 3-4K rpms in touring mode unless I am
feeling frisky than Sport mode it is with wind outs to 6K.

 

[Bill_C]

I don't want to seem dismissive as it could be that I am just not hearing it in the video, but that sounds like a perfectly normal S10 to me

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[Cycledude]

Might as well get used to it because Strange S10 noise and vibration is a very common concern.

 

[ckbikelove]

Might as well get used to it because Strange S10 noise and vibration is a very common concern.

I would be happy with that. Just trying to protect my new/used bike.

 

[Sierra1]

And, if it has a skid plate, it's going to bounce all that noise back up at you. Unlike the Connie. Of all the bikes I've owned/ridden, the Tenere is my favorite.

 

[ckbikelove]

And, if it has a skid plate, it's going to bounce all that noise back up at you. Unlike the Connie. Of all the bikes I've owned/ridden, the Tenere is my favorite.

Full Rumbux system with extra skid plate on the center stand.

 

[Sierra1]

Yup, that'll do it. Bouncing that noise right back up at you. Like they said, she's gonna have some strange sounds. Mostly normal. If she starts doing weird things, that's when you worry. BTW, if you're going to change your own oil, she has two drain plugs. Both have to be pulled.

 

[ckbikelove]

Yup, that'll do it. Bouncing that noise right back up at you. Like they said, she's gonna have some strange sounds. Mostly normal. If she starts doing weird things, that's when you worry. BTW, if you're going to change your own oil, she has two drain plugs. Both have to be pulled.

Changed the oil as soon as I got her home, along with clutch/brake fluid. Been procrastinating on doing coolant. 7yo/5k miles.

 

[Don in Lodi]

And the coolant is the easy one to do.

 

[WJBertrand]

Many of us have lined the insides of our skid plates with Dynamat or similar. Really helps quiet the reflected noise and maybe provides a little layer of cushion should the plate ever be driven into contact with the sump.