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my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:05 pm
by sneakypete
so, i get this lovely "whistling" sound from my otherwise fantastic sounding bike. i know it's coming from the tank, as soon as i pop the tank open, it goes "ppfsshh" and the whitle is gone..
any thoughts/suggestions to remedy this?
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:16 pm
by Cwidova
it's a pressure relief for the fuel tank.......it's a normal thing!!!
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:16 pm
by Blurr
Tank breather hole have something obstructing it? I know this does happen quite alot with some styles of bikes
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:24 pm
by robracer
There is no obstruction, Its when it doesn't make the sound you have to worry
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:26 pm
by slaps999
Probably normal. It happens on my ZRX1200S. Quite a few members provided opinions on it when I posted the similar problem a few months ago. It certainly hasn't affected the bike's performance.
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:11 pm
by sneakypete
but it soo annoying...never heard on any other bike ive ridden..
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:24 pm
by Six Addict
i heard it means you're not riding it fast enough
nahe mate, other that do what blurr says, not a lot you can do...
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:27 pm
by Strika
sneakypete wrote:but it soo annoying...never heard on any other bike ive ridden..
Almost every bike on the planet does it. Just because you havn't heard it previously, doesn't mean that you previous bikes didn't do it. Unless you previous bike was a 1954 Douglas!
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:56 pm
by sneakypete
Strika wrote:sneakypete wrote:but it soo annoying...never heard on any other bike ive ridden..
Almost every bike on the planet does it. Just because you havn't heard it previously, doesn't mean that you previous bikes didn't do it. Unless you previous bike was a 1954 Douglas!
maybe so, i just found it odd, that you can hear it from 20 feet away, its that loud...its like the kettle is boiling!!
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:06 pm
by ttc
it's the bike talking to you on a subliminal level.
Translated it is saying..
are you ready yet? are you ready yet?
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:40 pm
by 6maniac
sneakypete wrote:maybe so, i just found it odd, that you can hear it from 20 feet away, its that loud...its like the kettle is boiling!!
Park it further away ???
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:48 pm
by Cossie
My ZX10 does exactly the same thing. Lots of talk about it on ZX10R.net and its perfectly normal.
Loads of people have commented on mine doing it though.
I also mentioned it to the dealer I bought mine from and he also said it's normal.
Why is there excess pressure in their though? Shouldnt it be under vacuum if fuel is being used from the tank?
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:15 pm
by esie
I noticed the same sound on my Z1000 also. I was assured by my mechanic, and everyone on KSRC, that it is normal
Re: my musical Zed
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:10 am
by Saki
all my ninjas have done it
