A nice quiet ride,no radio,no bike noise.....except...
" what is that hollow whistling noise above 40 mph.???"
You'll never believe it.....At the ball end of each lever,there is a hole up underneath.
Its about 3/8" wide and deep.
Sure enough,cover the hole and the noise goes away.
I filled mine with black silicone.
Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
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virgilmobile
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bubbzy93
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Re: Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
hunnnnph .... whooda thunk .... thanks for the info 
When in doubt, floor it and get the he'll outa there
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WingAdmin
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Re: Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
And that hollow ball saved Honda $0.0015 per lever in aluminum.virgilmobile wrote:A nice quiet ride,no radio,no bike noise.....except...
" what is that hollow whistling noise above 40 mph.???"
You'll never believe it.....At the ball end of each lever,there is a hole up underneath.
Its about 3/8" wide and deep.
Sure enough,cover the hole and the noise goes away.
I filled mine with black silicone.
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virgilmobile
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84 GL 1200 I
Re: Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
Yea..It's called 'passing the buck' it cost me that much in silicone
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bustedwing
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Re: Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
And I thought it was just wind noise, never noticed the holes.Kinda ironic, guiet engine, noisy levers.
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thirdstorybase
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Re: Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
thats awesome. ive been trying to figure that out for months and i thought it was a noise coming from my mirror. thanks 
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WingAdmin
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Re: Odd whistling found.gl1200 gl1500
I checked mine while riding yesterday - no noise, no holes in my levers.