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I am riding a 81 1100 interstate...... took a road trip to see my mom this weekend.. just over 300 miles each way.. Ducked and dodged rain clouds all the way down and all the way home.. anyway on with the questoin.. When we got to the town my mom lives in we was riding and heard a sound.. i couldnt figure out what it was but sounded like coming from the back end of the bike.. I could also feel something in the back brake when i was breakin when i heard the sound... I looked all over the bike and coudlnt find anything.. took it for a ride a little while later and heard nothing....... next day we took off for a ride on it.. and for the first little bit heard nothing.. then later we heard it again.. This sound we hear we only seem to hear it at a lower rate of speed.. 30 mph or so... get over that dont hear it.. not sure if that is because of other noises or what... anyway.. riding home today heard it again... Had the little woman on the back.. and she made the commet it sounded like her car did several years ago when the U joint went out of it.. after she said that yep i could hear that sound with a u joint...... We stopped and done some shopping at a town about 35 miles from my house... killed a couple of hours.. got on the bike rode home hearing the sound again when we get home.. when i shut the bike off.. i reached up in the back and fealt the final drive.. the lower half of the drive was warm.. top half was alot hotter.. can this sound be something in the final drive??? maybe needing to add fluid to the drive?? also what do you guys use for fluid in the drive???????? not sure what else this could be.. hoping someone here can give me some idea.. Thanks
I am riding a 81 1100 interstate...... took a road trip to see my mom this weekend.. just over 300 miles each way.. Ducked and dodged rain clouds all the way down and all the way home.. anyway on with the questoin.. When we got to the town my mom lives in we was riding and heard a sound.. i couldnt figure out what it was but sounded like coming from the back end of the bike.. I could also feel something in the back brake when i was breakin when i heard the sound... I looked all over the bike and coudlnt find anything.. took it for a ride a little while later and heard nothing....... next day we took off for a ride on it.. and for the first little bit heard nothing.. then later we heard it again.. This sound we hear we only seem to hear it at a lower rate of speed.. 30 mph or so... get over that dont hear it.. not sure if that is because of other noises or what... anyway.. riding home today heard it again... Had the little woman on the back.. and she made the commet it sounded like her car did several years ago when the U joint went out of it.. after she said that yep i could hear that sound with a u joint...... We stopped and done some shopping at a town about 35 miles from my house... killed a couple of hours.. got on the bike rode home hearing the sound again when we get home.. when i shut the bike off.. i reached up in the back and fealt the final drive.. the lower half of the drive was warm.. top half was alot hotter.. can this sound be something in the final drive??? maybe needing to add fluid to the drive?? also what do you guys use for fluid in the drive???????? not sure what else this could be.. hoping someone here can give me some idea.. Thanks