Originally Posted by
achoo
The one annoyance I have with the SLR is the valve stem sometimes gets into a real rattle mode against the carbon-fibre wheel fairing (yeah, it's just a fairing - so what). When it gets into that mode, every little imperfection in the ground causes the valve stem to rattle against the fairing, which is thin and hollow and seems to amplify the rattles.
I wrap a single layer of electrical tape around valve stem where it goes through the carbon fairing and that pretty much eliminates the noise.