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So I brought my 100 mile-old Z1000 to the dealer today about the vibration, and they tightened up the mounting bolts and such, which seems to have reduced it a bit and to the point where it seems comfortable - I'm happy about that..
The noise though is still there - turns out it's coming from the instrument cluster/housing - the mechanic at the dealer told me there's nothing you can do about it - the noise is part of all Z1000's - they have to leave the instrument cluster free-floating because if it was mounted, the vibration from the engine would harm the electronics inside, is what he said..
Is this right? The noise is fairly loud when I get above 5k rpm - he said it's from where the instrument cluster is attached to the adjoining bar - plastic on plastic or plastic on metal or something.. I can turn the bike on and rev it to 5-6k in neutral and hear it just fine... It's from right where the instrument cluster is, though when I'm riding seems more biased toward the right/throttle side of the center instrument cluster..
Has anyone else encountered this or know a way to fix it? It would seem like something that wouldn't be too hard to fix and I'm having a hard time believing that it is supposed to make that noise (which is a high-pitched/frequency buzzing/rattling sound) and that they couldn't have found a way to eliminate it... It's a terribly annoying sound..
The mechanic over at the dealer acts very confident and is not particularly friendly about fielding questions - he's just like "nope, that's what it is, can't do anything about it" - end of story.. But he spent like 5 seconds examining the noise and making that final statement..
It is the instrument cluster though - when I'm riding, and it starts, I can grab the instrument cluster with my hand and the noise stops..
The noise though is still there - turns out it's coming from the instrument cluster/housing - the mechanic at the dealer told me there's nothing you can do about it - the noise is part of all Z1000's - they have to leave the instrument cluster free-floating because if it was mounted, the vibration from the engine would harm the electronics inside, is what he said..
Is this right? The noise is fairly loud when I get above 5k rpm - he said it's from where the instrument cluster is attached to the adjoining bar - plastic on plastic or plastic on metal or something.. I can turn the bike on and rev it to 5-6k in neutral and hear it just fine... It's from right where the instrument cluster is, though when I'm riding seems more biased toward the right/throttle side of the center instrument cluster..
Has anyone else encountered this or know a way to fix it? It would seem like something that wouldn't be too hard to fix and I'm having a hard time believing that it is supposed to make that noise (which is a high-pitched/frequency buzzing/rattling sound) and that they couldn't have found a way to eliminate it... It's a terribly annoying sound..
The mechanic over at the dealer acts very confident and is not particularly friendly about fielding questions - he's just like "nope, that's what it is, can't do anything about it" - end of story.. But he spent like 5 seconds examining the noise and making that final statement..
It is the instrument cluster though - when I'm riding, and it starts, I can grab the instrument cluster with my hand and the noise stops..