I ride a 2003 ST1300 with 48K of issue free riding. One odd characteristic of my ST is an gravelly road noise that comes up through the front suspension tubes when the road texture is rough like on chip seal or other knobby surfaces. On new asphalt there is no road noise at all. I thought it might be specific to just my bike so I swapped bikes one day with a friend who has a 2005 ST and it also emitted the same noise. Does anyone know how to eliminate this odd noise problem?