2000 sv650s redline
 

Having just bought another sv650s after some t****r of a white van driver wrote my last one off I have noticed some worrying(to me) differences.
Its a 2000 s model with 23500 on the clock. After riding it for a day or so Ive noticed that at about 25-30mph in 2nd+3rd there is a definate whine. This changes in pitch on acceleration and in different gears. Checked chain, replaced oil etc.
Took it to a garage to have a quick look who said don't worry 'see if it gets any worse.' Its running a full stainless akrapovic exhaust and has been dyno jetted.
Lastly to add to my worries a mate said he'd listen said don't worry and then decided to do a stationary burnout. Cheers!! He had the bike at 10+ thous revs for sbout 20 secs. Could this have done any damage and is there a limiter on the early models. I am a worryer

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:smt043 your mate sounds cool.

no your bike is fine, without being mean... some who spends theyre life looking at bikes knows more about it than you ;)

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Cool. I can think of a few other words for him. So yathink all sounds ok. I know bikes rev high but had visions of things going bang

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I'm pretty sure they have a rev limiter. As for the whining I'm pretty sure the most common place to check is the clutch. I'm also pretty sure there will be someone with a better opinion will be along shortly to give you some proper advice.
My yellow one started whining a few months back, somewhere around 3000 revs, in nuetral, in all gears that had varying pitches. Its had a strip down and rebuild, because it had been sat around and ridden on short journeys, some believed there may have been a sticky ring. we flushed the engine, but its still being rebuilt so I can't tell you if it was rectified.

You say its a new bike to you, do you know any of its history?

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Some history. Chain and sprockets last done 6k ago. regular oil and filter changes. Cam chains and tensioners also replaced not long ago. All in all its been fairly well looked after. Just this wierd noise. Can't remember my old 1 doing it. What makes it wierder is can only hear on bike. Had not been reidden for 12 months so thought it would go with a few miles but no.

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FWIW Curvey SVs have a rev limiter.

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The bike will be fine after your mate's antics. Chain tension and lubrication are the main reasons I've found for a whine when moving. Specifically too tight or not enough lube. Check the tension is the same all round the chain and that with the bike on a Padock / side stand there's enough free play (30-35mm IIRC). An Abba / NWS stand will give a different reading as the swingarm will be lower not having any weight on it.

Jambo

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Is it the exhaust note that is different or mechanical sound?

If it is simply an exhaust note change, the SVs have a ignition retard in 2nd and 3rd gears, could it be this?

Oh and did you stand there and watch your mate do that?!!? ... I'd have been well peeved!! :shock:

That is exactly the sort of reason why I don't have/want any mates!! :D

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I've hit the Rev limiter more then a few times, it makes a few lovely bags to let you know your there.

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whole chains been gone over and no tight spot. 30mm play and certainly enough lube. Just been out on it and held 30mph in 3rd. Pulled clutch in and noise went. Let out, noise returned.
As for standing there watching could just about see him through the smoke. KARMA is a funny thing. what goes around comes around. what was that about 2nd and 3rd

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Could be that your front sprocket is loose or over worn.

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may need an adjustment on the clutch cable maybe or a new one. If its going when you pull it in it sounds familiar to mine?
and what Grinch said. I seem to remember a certain YorkieChris psyching himself up to have a good wrench on the front sprocket nut, only to fall on his ass because it were loose and was near to falling oof

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I have just been out and removed the sprocket cover. the sprocket is not worn at all. I have however noticed that it as solid metal. no rubber on it that i could see. could this be the noise. Have adjusted and checked clutch cable

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Does have a rev limiter, can be hit in first gear very easily! Don't tend to hit it much though because after about 9500 revs it just seems to vibrate more and not actually go much faster! :bounce: Better to just change up.

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Sounds ok to me too, all SV's have a rev limiter so don't worry about that either (cuts spark to one cylinder). Just get out and enjoy it....

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Normal

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Your mate sounds like a cnut. Anyone did that to my bike I'd probably slap them.

Rev limiter makes a right bang and shoots flames out of the can

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Redline's at 10'500rpm and the rev limiter cuts in at 11'200rpm. I know, mine's bounced off it quite a few times (usually when I go for an overtake and the bike's already revving hard - give the car driver a wakeup call).

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Well another few hours spent tinkering with the bike in the hope that would cure the whine. Quite obviously not. Its off to a mates workshop tomorrow to work in the dry and under the watchful eye of some1 far more experienced than myself. I'll keep posted whats found, if anything.

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I have got a 20002 curvey that has exactly the same symptoms you describe, and previously I had a 99 one which didn't make the same noise. My 02 bike has only got 11000 on the clock as well!
I've recently changed my zorst and it made no difference, also changed the oil and checked the cam chain tensioners and the chain tension/lube is fine. I'm wondering if it could be induction noise?
It sounds to me like it's from the front end.

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My previous one was also a 99 model. My new one also has the lower fairing as well so wondering if that makes a difference.

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Just to point out, because the noise goes away when you pull the clutch in does not make the clutch a major suspect. This has removed the load off your transmission, and engine.

What do you use as chain lube? A nice large measure of heavy engine oil as a chain lube make a difference?

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its a Holts universal chain lube. says is compatable with o-ring seals.

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Through the course of today many things have been tried. The sprockets are tight. The chain has been tightened and loosened. All make no difference what so ever. The sound definately seems to originate from down by my left boot. Its all very strange!

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Hi to all,

I just started this thread last days.
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=106563

We could merge them together. It seems the same problem.

Did you find any solution/reason?

Regards,
Andy

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ok, i posted on here on the first page. Suzy is now running and on initial ride the noise seems to have gone.
She was only used for shorts journeys last year, very rarely ridden in fact. Both of these threads sound similar to my problem.
Now then, I'm holding my breath that it has been cured, but this is what we did to resolve it.
Firstly bough some engine flush, you put it in the oil, and run it for about 15 mins at idle, the instructions for use are on the bottle as i'm not the one who dis it. Then you dump the oil and leave it to drain completely over night. Put new oil and filter on.
We also put an new clutch cable on because it was fubarred
and a new chain because that was also fubarred
Its also worth pointing out that my friend who is a motorcyle mechanic said a lady went to him with a bandit that wouldn't go in gear properly, he flushed her engine( as she had a couple of other probs) and it cured the lot.
its inexpensive and if you follow the instructions could help

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In my case the sound seems more in the front somehow, under the tank and not where the left boot is. It is for sure from the left side. I noticed that when accelerating there is a screw spinning near the acceleration cable. Is that normal?

I have somehow the feeling that the wind can cause the sound... but has something to do with the clutch and acceleration.

If I pull the clutch the noise goes away, if I don't accelerate the same....
In the first gear no sound... starts around 35 - 40 kmh.

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Actually I just bought this bike, I have it for 1 month, last year was almost never ridden, that with the gear happens to me also, sometimes is the 1st gear sometimes in the 3rd. It is only sometimes and is not that bad, just have to push more seriosly the gear pedal.

Well... actually cand give it a try as you said.

This might mean that the sound is coming from "inside"??

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ok, before trying out a flush, i would be inclined to look under some covers. I said in a thread to stewie earlier, theres a plastic black cover in front of the frame, its got the front sprocket behind it, and its got your clutch cable attached to the top. Lay on the floor and have a jolly good look, I can bet money that theres a big dollop of oily muck stuck behind it. I look behind there quite often, as its the first place to go to when my gears feel a bit sticky. my other half used to use her a lot in winter and he got to the stage where he only had 2nd 4th and above gears. The ball of crud was the reason.

Make sure all things that move have been cleaned and oiled
HTH

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Thanks for the tips(and other are welcomed). I'll look around carefully and write back asap(don't know if untill the weekend I can make it).

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well having a general scout round for crud will improve things i suspect, although it may not stop the whining. When was the last time it had an oil change and filter BTW?

edit... looked at your thread, you've done that already..doh. Whilst your looking ubder the cover, you may want to look at the front sprocket nut, to see if its worked its way loose. Sometimes this can cause a bit of a prob

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Yeah checked that. Think its gonna be a case of live with it or spend a fortune to give it to a garage. Did you find out what was wrong with yours

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Annoyingly i changed the oil and filter when got the bike. so you recommend an engine flush. showing my complete ignorance what does that do.:confused:

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well, this was supposed to have cured my problem.....we thought it had....................................but its back.......grrrrrrrrrr

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That's really annoying. Didn't spot anything in the cam covers, so I'm not sure, time for further investigation if it gets louder IMO

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you notice it more when your in traffic, using the clutch more,
I had a listen down the screwdriver today, but all I heard was a load of whirring noise, but now I know what an engine sounds like inside

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so has it returned the same or is there any improvement. Nightmare. do you still get it on idle tickover.

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yeah, alls fine, shes a bit rough cause she really needs her carbs balancing, had to twiddle a bit with the idle screw other day, but thats all.

Apart from this bloody whining she pulls like a train, shes always whistled like a canary anyway, but this is louder than usual. Still creeping a bit on the clutch as well. I've heard that much of it now I don't knowe if it does it in neutral, pretty sure it does, its more noticeable on slow cutch control through traffic TBH

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mine certainly doesn't whistle. 30mph in 3rd kinda sounds like wat i imagine an invalid scooter to sound like if it could go that fast

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Whining noise? Probably just the gear box and everything. I have a whiny noise, which i know is the gear box. SV's make some funny noises, all of which scare everyone - but when its still there after a year of riding and the bike hasnt gone bang, you know its normal :D

Matt