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05-26-2017, 08:42 AM #26
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05-26-2017, 11:39 AM #27
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05-26-2017, 02:50 PM #28Registered User
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Did you check the back for a hobo whistling while you are driving? I had one sleep in my car one night, that's probably it.
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05-26-2017, 03:48 PM #29
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05-26-2017, 09:41 PM #30
Don't use para-chord. Use shock-chord, 1/4" preferably. Make about 4-5 wraps, loops at both ends. Super quiet and nowhere near as expensive and gay looking as a fairing. I think it looks pretty decent personally.
Gravity. It's the law.
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05-26-2017, 09:52 PM #31
Shock chord-
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Shock cord -
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...rOFTjEfq3uR3Kg
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05-27-2017, 02:39 PM #32
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05-27-2017, 05:14 PM #33
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05-28-2017, 12:17 PM #34
Tried taping up the cavities. Definitely made a big difference, Especially at lower speeds. Thanks Breomonkey! This thread delivers..
"We're in the eye of a shiticane here Julian, and Ricky's a low shit system!" - Jim Lahey, RIP
Former Managing Editor @ TGR, forever mag.
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05-28-2017, 11:24 PM #35
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05-29-2017, 04:53 PM #36
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05-29-2017, 06:47 PM #37Banned
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05-31-2017, 07:14 AM #39
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05-31-2017, 12:02 PM #40
Yep - like skidog said, it basically disrupts the airflow (harmonic?) over the bar so that it keeps humming/whistling/whumping to a minimum.
I've had this stuff on my bars for a long time. I bought 10' from a local outdoor outfitter store, cut it into a couple 5' lengths, looped the ends, and stretched/wrapped it over the bars. Easy and CHEAP. It's been probably a decade now, but I think it was less than $10? Maybe less than $5? I used it on the old Yak round bars, but even the new aero bars are quieter with it.Gravity. It's the law.
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05-31-2017, 01:12 PM #41
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05-31-2017, 01:22 PM #42
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05-31-2017, 01:58 PM #43
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05-31-2017, 02:50 PM #44Banned
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i bet they'd hum a lot less if they were constructed as on piece. Horrible from a manufacturing standpoint and not worth it likely, but would help the issue I think. I believe the hum comes from the bar itself resonating from the wind. Its hallow aluminum, and flat faced (maybe a rolled leading edge). Wrapping them breaks up that huge flat space. I think you get much less wind noise from the older style solid round yakima bars.
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05-31-2017, 03:37 PM #45
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06-01-2017, 11:55 AM #46
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