Whistling front wheel.

Well the whistle is louder today so I'm going with bearings. Looks like I'm off the road til Friday but I'll fit them and report back.

Cheers for the advice all!

[Kirkybhoy]

had a similar experience but mine was fairing related, slight gap at the front just behind the wheel, drove me nuts..

[chezza]

You mentioned chain earlier - When I had an issue with my chain being too tight it caused what I thought was noise from the front wheel - turned out to be the chain too tight, this caused my sprockets/chain and rear bearing to need to be replaced. Thats worst case I imagine, but yes a chain too tight can cause noise, especially above 30mph and also on/off throttle.

[jchu1988]

I had something similar, squeals under 30 mph. Got louder when the callipers were off. It turned out the speed rotor had snapped all four tags and were dragging along when the wheel was spun, which led to the squealing noise.

For anyone that's still interested...

Not bearings - rear calliper sticking. How stupid do I feel. Of course the noise wasn't gong away under braking, I never use the rear!

Although taking apart the caliper is an easy job, one of the fixing bolts isn't coming undone and feels like it's stripping the thread. I'll be able to get it off, but don't suppose anyone has a rear brake caliper hanger lying around assuming I'm going to shred it getting it off?