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?
my musical Zed
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sneakypete
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Re: my musical Zed
it's a pressure relief for the fuel tank.......it's a normal thing!!!
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Re: my musical Zed
Tank breather hole have something obstructing it? I know this does happen quite alot with some styles of bikes
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Re: my musical Zed
There is no obstruction, Its when it doesn't make the sound you have to worry 
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Re: my musical Zed
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.
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Re: my musical Zed
but it soo annoying...never heard on any other bike ive ridden..
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1992 Suzuki Across (GSX250)
1993 Honda CBR600
1995 Honda RVF400 (race bike)
1999 Kawasaki ZX9R
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1993 Honda CBR600
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Re: my musical Zed
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...
nahe mate, other that do what blurr says, not a lot you can do...
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Re: my musical Zed
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!
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Re: my musical Zed
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!!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!
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1992 Suzuki Across (GSX250)
1993 Honda CBR600
1995 Honda RVF400 (race bike)
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1993 Honda CBR600
1995 Honda RVF400 (race bike)
1999 Kawasaki ZX9R
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Re: my musical Zed
it's the bike talking to you on a subliminal level.
Translated it is saying..
are you ready yet? are you ready yet?
Translated it is saying..
are you ready yet? are you ready yet?
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Re: my musical Zed
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 ???
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Re: my musical Zed
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?
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?
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Re: my musical Zed
I noticed the same sound on my Z1000 also. I was assured by my mechanic, and everyone on KSRC, that it is normal 
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Re: my musical Zed
all my ninjas have done it 
ZX-2R '88 -> ZX636 '06 -> ZX-9R '99 -> ZX-10R '04 -> Z1000 '03 -> ZX-10R '04 -> ZX-10R '08