Not really sure how to go about this post. So here goes:
Again, my rear end is chirping quite loudly due to the belt rubbing on the rear sprocket. I hosed it out and it was quieter for awhile. I then jacked it up, wiped as much as I could reach, then sprayed the belt and forward and rear sprockets with a silicone spray. The tension is correct and aside from this noise there is nothing to complain about!
The treatment lasted about 15 miles before slowly coming back to the normal loud volume where one is seriously thinking of ear protection!
Most of the problem is that the acoustic noise comes from the gaps where the seat belts come through. It is a direct shot to the rear assembly and that is the problem. Have talked with bikers with belt drives and they all have no complaints since that whole thing is directly under them and there is no direct path for the sound to travel from the source to their ears.
What to do? Silicone was a temporary fix. Washing with power sprays is also a temporary fix. Road grit and mung will attach to the belt and sprocket no matter what you may wish for. Am trying to figure out how to dampen the sound from the rear without making the seat belts unusable but have hit a wall.
Clues? Anybody?
One solution is to forgo using the seat belts and sticking to helmets by stuffing that whole rear access with sound deadeners and killing the seat belt's ability to do any good. I am not a great fan of this.
Notes from afar: When the silicone was working, what an amazing drive it was!
This car is a very mechanical beast but it all worked! I heard everything and it was a royal hoot! then that damn chirping...