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26-05-06, 10:53 PM

hi all i have a ticking noise comming from my bike at the moment my mechanic said its nothing to worry about but im not to convinced he stripped the bike to look and said there seems to be nothing wrong but as i said not to convinsed here any ideas
the bike has never run dry of oil aswell

27-05-06, 07:56 AM

search the forum for chain adjusters. Nothing to worry about I reckon.

27-05-06, 08:56 AM

most bikes with a few miles on tick in someway, my old kwak used to drive me mad with its odd sounding engine noises, it also cost me a small fortune trying to find out what it was(and i still never found out

)
a good mechanic once said to me "wear ear pugs"

27-05-06, 10:23 AM

my sv has ticked for ages like the last 10k, really wounldn't worry unless it starts to get really noisy.

27-05-06, 06:34 PM

my sv has made noise for well over 125k

27-05-06, 06:48 PM

theres alot of moving bits in there

northwind · 27-05-06, 06:55 PM

If it gets bad enough, it could be that it's a cam chain tensioner actually failing, which is rare but bad. But a bit of rattle's nothing to worry about at all. The hard part is knowing when it might be a problem.

27-05-06, 07:53 PM

thanks all not long had the bike just getting used to it great bike the sv had a triumph 1200 before but like this beter

27-05-06, 09:55 PM

i had a noise like that! turned out to be a streched cam chain on the front! (now the rears gona go (f**k! picking my new one up in 2 weeks)

30-05-06, 07:32 PM

In my experience a tick is a valve clearance out and a rattle is a cam chain tensioner. It doesn't have to be out of service limit to tick, just close to it

A mechanics stethoscope (long screw driver in yer lug 'ole) should find which head then you can measure and find which is furthest out.

26-05-06, 10:53 PM	#1
dougieo Guest Posts: n/a	ticking noise hi all i have a ticking noise comming from my bike at the moment my mechanic said its nothing to worry about but im not to convinced he stripped the bike to look and said there seems to be nothing wrong but as i said not to convinsed here any ideas the bike has never run dry of oil aswell

27-05-06, 06:55 PM	#7
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	If it gets bad enough, it could be that it's a cam chain tensioner actually failing, which is rare but bad. But a bit of rattle's nothing to worry about at all. The hard part is knowing when it might be a problem. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

27-05-06, 07:53 PM	#8
dougieo Guest Posts: n/a	ticking thanks all not long had the bike just getting used to it great bike the sv had a triumph 1200 before but like this beter

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27-05-06, 07:56 AM	#2
sabestian Guest Posts: n/a	search the forum for chain adjusters. Nothing to worry about I reckon.

27-05-06, 08:56 AM	#3
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	most bikes with a few miles on tick in someway, my old kwak used to drive me mad with its odd sounding engine noises, it also cost me a small fortune trying to find out what it was(and i still never found out ) a good mechanic once said to me "wear ear pugs"

27-05-06, 10:23 AM	#4
tomjones2 Guest Posts: n/a	my sv has ticked for ages like the last 10k, really wounldn't worry unless it starts to get really noisy.

27-05-06, 06:34 PM	#5
RandyO Guest Posts: n/a	my sv has made noise for well over 125k

27-05-06, 06:48 PM	#6
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	theres alot of moving bits in there

27-05-06, 09:55 PM	#9
Last Action Pimp Guest Posts: n/a	i had a noise like that! turned out to be a streched cam chain on the front! (now the rears gona go (f**k! picking my new one up in 2 weeks)

30-05-06, 07:32 PM	#10
motorolly Guest Posts: n/a	In my experience a tick is a valve clearance out and a rattle is a cam chain tensioner. It doesn't have to be out of service limit to tick, just close to it A mechanics stethoscope (long screw driver in yer lug 'ole) should find which head then you can measure and find which is furthest out.