bluevtr

Just picked up my SH with 1 mile last week, and have put 225 miles on her in the last 2 days. But I do have a few questions for the more experienced SH owners out there.

I have a metallic rattling sound under acceleration, most noticeable lower in the revs (3000-5000) when accelerating under load. Is this normal, and will it quiet over time, or is it the dreaded CCT? Maybe the drive chain, as my last several bikes have been shaft drive, but I don't think so. At first I almost thought it was detonation.

I'm also having a prob. with my right hand going numb from vibes. This only happens on the highway, if I'm stuck in the same RPM range for a few minutes (which I'm trying not to do, during break-in, but sometimes you do get stuck on the freeway). Anyone else having this prob? Any solutions? Maybe heavier bar-ends?

BTW, so far I'm not having a lot of the probs I've heard about. No issues of stalling when slowing, no popping on decel, and I find the mirrors are actually pretty good. I am slim build so that may help.

Thanks for all the help.
Lance

marmaladedad

Congrats on the bike!

The most likely culprit is the CCT, since these bikes are relatively bulletproof.

I used to get numb hands/wrists too, but it was solved by adding Heli Bars. My guess is the position the clip-ons put your hands in is causing it.

Pdaddy

Im in the same boat as you... picked mine up last Wednesday. Got about 320 on mine. Ive also gotten the numb throttle hand a few times, I was hoping my body would get used to it and stop Maybe it wont though. I havent ridden in a few years so I thought that may have been a contributing factor. I have only noticed I can hear the clutch just slightly when not engaged and Im sitting.. never noticed it with any of my other bikes. Im not concerned...just a "noticed" noise on mine.

Mines "popped" a few times once after a ride down the highway then going through a few lights and coming up to a third... figured it was just a little fuel load, hasnt done it since. Hey...its carbuerated

I cant wait to get some more miles on it and let it eat !! I wanna see that tach hit a # higher than 5k (Im tryin to be very nice to it during break-in)

CNI Dawg

I got a Vista Cruise throttle lock. (Around $30)
Helps when on the highway.
Be careful with it in the city!!!

here's some installation instructions (different bike but you'll get the idea)

http://klr6500.tripod.com/vistacruise.htm

And there's always the expensive Throttlemeister device...

L8RGYZ

Guys, isn't the noise Lance describes normal for the Super Hawk? I mean his bike is brand frickin' new, so I wouldn't think it would be CCTs. What do you think?

Try to consciously loosen your grip no the bars...I rarely get numb with this bike & I'm pretty much of a geezer!

marmaladedad

True, but his bike is an '03, so....I dunno.

CNI Dawg

I thought CCTs were good for over 15,000 miles or so before you had to worry about them ?!?!?

mikstr

I put over 50,000 miles on my stock CCTs with no problems (had them changed as preventive maintenance). That being said, there is no hard fast rule in terms of how long they last.

In terms of the vibes, there was a thread on this a few months back and I shared two of my tips (that made a world of difference on my VTR). JUst do a search or look abk in previous thrads and you will find it easily.

welcome to VTR-world

Mikstr

superhawk22

As far as the numbness I agree with Marm, I also have Heli-bars with inverted forks and different triples which helped as well. Another cause is gripping the bars too tightly. I notice when this happens to me on the track it's because of my grip and if I loosen it the numbness goes away.

bluevtr

I'm with L8rgyz in hoping it can't be the CCT's with the low miles. At least that's what I'm hoping. I know with every new bike there's always the noises I hear and wonder if it's normal until I get used to it. I did break it in relatively hard, not quite to motoman specs, but close. I figure I'll change the oil at about 300 and see what it looks like.

As far as the numbness, I'm not gripping tightly, so that's not it. In fact, when I notice it most my first two fingers are kindof dangling off the grip. I'm just hoping I adapt to the bars. I thought about gen-mar or heli bars, but the clutch resevoir is less than an inch from the top of the fairing, and it looks like there would be some serious clearance problems. How do they get around that?

marmaladedad

My Heli Bars have no clearance issues with the fairings. I think if it's an issue, you can add a spacer in between the fairing-mount and upper fairing for extra breathing room.

Have you adjusted your brake and clutch levers? You don't want to be over-extending your wrists when reaching for the levers.

swordfish

I've heard a sound similar to what you described. between 3-5000 rpm. a ticking. kinda quiet. I don't think its anything to worry about especially with a bike that new. you'll get to know its normal noises after a while. I'm not worrying about my bikes noise, and I'm easy to worry.. I don't remember if I heard it last season, but it hasn't gotten any worse, and it only does it in that rpm range. not at idle, and not when revved higher. I may be wrong, but isn't the cct kinda loud when its going? and constant? anyway, I just switched from always using 93 octaine gas to 87 so I'll be listening to see if it goes away. I know some people have mentioned higher octane gas making the SH tick. so we'll see if that helps.

mikecronis