Your transfer case is on the right side of the bike, the clutch and your drive pulley are on the left so I would first check that your drive belt is adjusted correctly. When the belt becomes loose or if it's too tight it is very common to hear squeeking out of it. 99% of the Road Stars and Warriors that customers bring in because of "squeeking" is incorrect belt tension, after we adjust them the squeek is gone.

 

Ok - you are right - shows how much I know. The noise is coming from the left side where the clutch cable connects to the engine.
Also, there is something else that I didn't correctly state in the first message - the noise comes when the clutch is engaged in NEUTRAL - not when the bike is put into gear. Once I pop the bike into gear, the noise stops and the noise is only present when the clutch is engaged.

So, with those corrections - any suggestions? I am planning on doing the bike run this weekend, and don't want to take a chance on screwing something up.

 

thought you were on a harley, sammy?? if your'e still under warranty take it to the dealer,first time i've heard of this problem. i'd do the run any way if you under warranty.sorry not much help here. my only experience with squeaking has been with the belt drives on harleys and road stars.

 

Put your helmet back on[/emoticons/emotion-5.gif] It's much safer anyway[8D]

 

Too funny....actually, my helmet was off because I was moving the bike out of the garage to give her a washdown...getting ready for the toy run on Sunday. Usually I have my helmet on and I am geared up before I start her up.

 

2100 miles, and I have a shot gearbox. A tooth came off of one of the gears - and ate up the whole transmission. Bike is toast until they put a new one in. I don't even ride the bike hard - strictly easy touring.

****.

 

**** Sammy, that sucks! Do you know which gear broke?

 

Not sure yet - I am bugging them to death to see if it will be ready for the weekend. If not, I might be forced to rent a Harley.

 

HOLY S**T! THAT REALLY SUCKS. GET YOUR ASS UP TO DAYTONA I'LL LOAN YOU MY CUSTOM BEFORE I'D LET YOU ON A HARLEY. BRING A DIGITAL CAMERA I STILL NEED HELP POSTING PICS OF MY RIDE, FAIR TRADE OFF.

 

LOL. Thanks - I ended up getting my bike back and did the Toy Run today. AWESOME. Easily over 20,000 bikes, it was incredible.

They never could find the noise in my clutch box. They pulled the whole thing apart - nothing. Put it back together - runs fine, no noise. They had told me it was a busted gear tooth rattling around. I think they just wanted to rebuild the bike.

 

DOES IT GO ANY FASTER.....DROOL, DROOL.....[/emoticons/emotion-4.gif]