Engine noise

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

I should also add it's just over 15k on clock so could be tappets?

Oil sounds fine to me. I thiink its at 12,000 that you should have the service to check valve clearances so it may be worth doing that.

Originally Posted by sv_rory

Where abouts in mk are you? a very good friend of mine is a bike mechanic so I could ask him to pop over for you and have a listen.

Beanhill for my sins

Well I went to 2 different garages and one said noisey water pump (ticking noise) and the other said no it's not it's your timimg chains.

Are these relativley simple to fix?

Is the noise apparent at any particular revs? A timing chain noise will be persistant through the rev-range. You can "listen" to the timing chain by putting a screw-driver to the engine and putting your ear to the other end - if it is a timing chain, its probably likely to be only on one cylinder.

I think you need to get a third opinon from someone, and dont tell them what anyone else has said. SV engines are noisy and they do have ticks and rattles and stuff...it might be a suzuki thing, as the bandit i've been riding also has some odd noises

checked chain and sprockets including front?

Originally Posted by mototech

checked chain and sprockets including front?

It had a service about 1200 miles ago and it's chain tightened by garage 1 week ago, chain and sprockets were all fine then.

The noise is a tickingish noise at low revs and throughout but sounds at 5000 rpm + like it's doing 9000+ rpm.