Technique for starting from a standing stop

Snave said:

I'm late to the party, but can you replicate the sound at 2,000 RPM in another gear, like fifth? This would indicate if the engine just doesn't like laboring at 2,000RPM. My 2009 can be a tad rattly pulling away if I don't wind the revs up a bit, but not as bad as yours has been described.

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DavidR8 said:

Thanks for the idea. I’ll try that when it warms up a bit. Likely next week [emoji16]

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DavidR8 said:

I'm a bit embarrassed to ask this question but here goes:
We bought our '05 in early Sept. I'm coming off a Triumph Tiger 955i.

I'm trying to figure out if there's something up with the bike or my technique.
Starting out from a standing stop, engine fully warmed, if I keep the engine around 1500 rpm or so all is good, smooth pull away, no noise, nothing.
If I increase the rpm to about 2000 or so there is a real clatter, almost like I'm lugging it. Above 2200 rpm or so it's a bit quieter.

It seems illogical to me that I can pull away away at 1500 rpm without any noise, yet 2000 rpm sounds like a bucket of bolts being rattled.
I adjusted the counter balancer alignment and it made no difference.

Any suggestions?

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