Eville Rich
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No. Nothing stuck. I'm seriously not worried about this and don't plan to chase it. Just seeing if the OP or others might be hearing something similar.
High pitched wind noise
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Have you checked both the front, left/right air-intakes within the cowlings on the side of the headlights.?
Perhaps something is stuck in there....
Eville Rich
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cyclemike4
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I don't have a clue what could be causing the noise but my guess would be some plastic on the front of the bike in the air scoop areas. Of course it is just a complete guess. A couple years ago I kept getting a whistle and sometimes it started with a vibration sounding whistle. I was out on the road and it just kept popping up driving me crazy. it was at higher speeds that normally in my daily travels I never reach. After a couple days on the road I realized it was my helmet! I could duck down behind the wind screen and it would go away. The thing was I had to have a bit of a cross wind to make that whistle so sometimes even when I ducked down behind the wind screen it would not go away depending on the cross wind. You would think that would be easy to find but it sounded like it was coming from the bike! Funny thing is with this same helmet on my other bikes that never happens, just on the Super T. A bit of duct tape on a vent and no more noise the rest of that trip. Good luck in the search.
nd4spdbh
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FOUND IT. After taping up various spots on the nose of the bike I came to the conclusion my high pitched teakettle whistle noise that was 100% a wind noise was from the gap around the top edge of the headlights and the headlight cowling. Pictured is the tape that got rid of the noise.
For the actual solution.
Pulled the cowling off of the headlights (removed windsheild, removed wind deflector, then finally the cowling). Once the cowling was off I put the above stuck to the headlight assembly around the edge of the headlight (fully circled the headlight not just the area where the tape is) where the gap is between it and the cowling. Buttoned it all back up. Zero noise.
For the actual solution.
Frost King 5/16 in. x 1/4 in. x 17 ft. Black EPDM Cellular Rubber Weatherstrip Tape V25BK - The Home Depot
The Frost King V25BK 5/16 in. x 1/4 in. x 17 ft. Black Premium Rubber EPDM Cellular Weatherstrip Tapeis a multi-purposed product that can be used for a wide range of indoor and outdoor uses, providing
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Pulled the cowling off of the headlights (removed windsheild, removed wind deflector, then finally the cowling). Once the cowling was off I put the above stuck to the headlight assembly around the edge of the headlight (fully circled the headlight not just the area where the tape is) where the gap is between it and the cowling. Buttoned it all back up. Zero noise.
nd4spdbh
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Fordf350
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Painters tape for the win!
gunslinger_006
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I get a resonance at exactly 60mph which i believe is my tires, but i cant be sure. Its never changed and never worried me.
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The more that is ruled out makes me close to being certain that's what this is. Something vibrating a certain frequency. Everything has a resonance frequency. Everything.