Weird sound when I shut off the engine

Tfrank59 · October 10, 2015, 10:02:45 AM

Fair enough. I'll not worry about it either unless it starts grinding or something.

Troll · October 10, 2015, 08:44:24 AM

Quote from: Tfrank59 on October 10, 2015, 08:25:18 AM
Any idea what is making that sound?

Nothing concrete, but I suspect it's the started clutch gear spinning down. I'm not worried, since I've not had any trouble with anything, and I have almost 103,000 miles on her now...Supposed to be 80° here tomorrow, so I'll go put on another 300 or so...

Tfrank59 · October 10, 2015, 08:25:18 AM

Any idea what is making that sound?

Troll · October 10, 2015, 08:11:47 AM

My 1500 has always done that. It's a surprise when it doesn't.

Tfrank59 · October 09, 2015, 21:14:04 PM

Quote from: Troll on October 09, 2015, 19:58:55 PM
Kind of a "zing" sound on shut down?

Yep, that's the sound.

Troll · October 09, 2015, 19:58:55 PM

Kind of a "zing" sound on shut down?

CDNRatMan · October 09, 2015, 18:31:16 PM

I am going to go out and start my bike tomorrow for the first time in 2 weeks and so will see if I can hear anything......

Tfrank59 · October 09, 2015, 15:58:32 PM

Yes, I'll pay more attention to that sound next time I hear it and try to determine its point of origin. Given that the starter is located in the lower front of the motor, it's possible that isn't what I'm hearing, because this sound seems like it comes from maybe like towards the upper part of the engine or something--that's just my stab at it

CDNRatMan · October 09, 2015, 14:03:01 PM

ok that was my stab at it, now if you can sort of isolate the location it might be helpful.....

Tfrank59 · October 09, 2015, 13:59:47 PM

That's a good thing to consider but actually no, the fan isn't running when I shut down and it does it anyways, occasionally, as I said.

CDNRatMan · October 09, 2015, 11:07:46 AM

take a look and see if your fan has kicked in. I know someone with a water cooled engine and theirs does it almost every time they are shutting down. Oh and it is a Classic 800......

Trevor the Toad · October 09, 2015, 09:55:17 AM

Mine does that too, but only about every 20th time.

Sounds very much like another bike which I know is to do with the starter 'clutch' thingey.

Tfrank59 · October 09, 2015, 00:49:30 AM

OK, I think that others may have the same thing happen, and it's not every time I turn off the engine, but it makes this like whiz sound almost like the starter is kicking in or something – can anybody shed some light on that? It bothers me, kind of sounds like it's not good for the thing, but I don't know how to prevent it from occurring, and as I said it's about maybe every fourth or fifth time I shut the motor off. I hope it's nothing, but it is a bit annoying and disconcerting because I don't know what makes it.